GDG- Tour guide group to fight new rules at Gettysburg Battlefield

[Margaret D. Blough]

Jim,

I don't think you have any problem, there. A lot of tourists self-tour and that's not a problem, even if it's a family group and one member of the family is particularly knowledgeable.  The whole licensing issue comes when it is being done on a more commercial basis. IIRR, special use permits are for more formal events.

Regards,

Margaret



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From: Jfepperson at aol.com 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
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> In a message dated 12/29/2007 11:38:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> mdblough1 at comcast.net writes: 
> 
> The fact of the matter is that while someone can guide outside of park 
> boundaries without a license, as a matter of federal regulation, they cannot 
> legally guide on a regular basis within the boundaries of a national military 
> park 
> with a licensed battlefield guide service without a license (individuals can 
> get special use permits for single occasions, IIRR). I've known people who 
> were fined (and it's a substantial fine) for guiding without a license 
> within the boundaries of GNMP, and, from what I've seen, LBGs do report people 
> who are conducting tours in the park who aren't LBGs and who don't have a 
> permit. It would be like trying to operate a restaurant serving liquor in 
> Pennsylvania without a liquor license. It's illegal, and the state will take 
> action as they do as they would if I engaged in the practice of law or a doctor 
> engaged in the practice of medicine without a license. 
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> Margaret: You're the lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV, but the 
> problem here is 
> if I take a family reunion to Gettysburg and act as the guide for the 
> occasion, it 
> looks like I'm breaking the law. That doesn't seem right to me. 
> 
> JFE 
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