There’s another battle brewing in Gettysburg, and this one has to do with whether gambling is fitting and proper for the historic Pennsylvania community.
The area, site of the most decisive battle of the Civil War more than a century ago, is fighting over a proposal to build a 3,000- slot machine parlor about two miles from its center.
“These people have risen up to protest this really bad idea because they believe that this is a national historic treasure,” [Susan Star Paddock] said. “They believe that Gettysburg is sacred.”
Hear. Hear.