"The National Park Service mission in preserving and protecting the historic resources at Gettysburg includes making them available to all Americans, even those whose views are contrary to the majority of the American public."
But others don't agree. Bill Mcallister's great-great-great-grandfather was in the battle, his opinion was quite different.
"To have the KKK come here is obnoxious. To speak with as much emotion as I can get without swearing ... to me it's abhorrent they would come to this battlefield to do anything," he told CBS 21.
The Gettysburg Times reports a counter rally will be held at the same time at Lutheran Theological Seminary.