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William R. Rathvon was the only eyewitness who heard Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to leave an audio recollection. William Roedel Rathvon, CSB, (December 31, 1854 – March 2, 1939), sometimes incorrectly referred to as William V. Rathvon or William V. Rathbone, is the only known eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, of the over 10,000 witnesses, to have left an audio recording ...
John Lawrence Burns [1] (September 5, 1793 – February 4, 1872 [2]) was an American soldier and constable.A veteran of the War of 1812, at age 69 he fought as a civilian combatant with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.The speech was made 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 ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
It was Identified in 1908 as the location of the Gettysburg Address. [1] However, it is now believed the address was given elsewhere. [2] The pavilion was constructed in 1879 [3] by P. J. and J. J. Tawney, [4] extended in 1904, [5] and was restored in 2013 for the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. [6]
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.
The Address follows a group of students from The Greenwood School, a boarding school in Putney, Vermont for boys in Grades 6-12 with special needs, such as dyslexia and ADHD as they prepare to recite the Gettysburg Address. The documentary follows the students in their day-to-day lives at the boarding school, as they each prepare for the recital.
Police performed CPR on the man, but he died from his injury. The woman, 33, was found dead inside the residence along with the shooter. Green said the gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.