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The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech, which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.It was delivered at the formal dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg National Cemetery) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg ...
Gettysburg (/ ˈɡɛtizbɜːrɡ /; locally / ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ / ⓘ) [4] is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, the United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 7,106 people. Gettysburg was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania. Today, Lincoln is remembered as guiding ...
The Consecration of the Soldiers' National Cemetery [3] [4] was the ceremony at which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. In addition to the 15,000 spectators, attendees included six state governors: Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania, Augustus Bradford of Maryland, Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, Horatio Seymour of New York, Joel Parker of New ...
October 15, 1966. The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. The park, in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area, is managed by the National Park Service. [4] Totaling 3,785 acres (1,532 ha) of area, it ...
Evergreen Cemetery – formerly called Citizen's Cemetery[ 1 ][ 2 ] and Ever Green Cemetery – is a historic 29.12 acre rural cemetery [ 3 ] located just outside Gettysburg Borough, in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 4 ] It is part of Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District, and is surrounded by Gettysburg ...
Battle of Gettysburg. Part of the Eastern theater of the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup. Date. July 1–3, 1863. Location. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. 39°48′41″N 77°13′33″W / 39.81139°N 77.22583°W / 39.81139; -77.22583. Result.
MN 250. The Corinthian column is topped by a bronze statue of Brigadier-General George Stannard. 13th Vermont Infantry Monument. Hancock Avenue. 39°48′35″N 77°14′11″W / 39.809665°N 77.236269°W / 39.809665; -77.236269 (13th Vermont Infantry Monument) James H. Walling, designer.