Crunching battlefield numbers
November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal New calculations indicate about 450,000 fewer people than originally estimated actually visited the Gettysburg Battlefield in 2008 — which means Gettysburg National Military Park overestimated the figure by about 42 percent.
By plugging some different numbers into its National Park Service-approved formula, the park now estimates that 1,072,954 people visited the battlefield last year.
In April, the park had estimated that number to be 1,530,351 visitors.
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