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Hace 1 día · On November 19, President Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, where he spoke at a ceremony dedicating Gettysburg National Cemetery that honored the fallen Union soldiers and redefined the purpose of the Civil War in his famed Gettysburg Address, a 271-word address considered one of the famous speeches in American history.
Join Lincoln Cemetery Project Association President Jean Green for a tour of historic Lincoln Cemetery during special hours commemorating the Fourth of July holiday. Jean offers insight into the burial site of nearly 450 members of Gettysburg’s Black community, including 30 Civil War veterans.
Hace 5 días · Wills recounts the horrors of the battle left after its conclusion: so many dead to be buried, quickly, and then to be re-interred in the new cemetery designed to honor those dead. Wills describes the arrangements of the dedication of the cemetery, including the main oration to be delivered by Edward Everett, the great Massachusetts scholar and orator.
Hace 4 días · Hancock asked for five minutes. The 1st Minnesota gave him fifteen. They lost 215 men, 82% of the regiment, including their commander and all but three captains. The General would later say, “No ...
Hace 4 días · Meade gained a decisive victory over Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Newly appointed general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant arrived from the western theater the following year, in 1864, and took control of operations in Virginia.
Hace 2 días · the speakers stand was much larger than the accepted. it was shaped like a trapezoid and it straddled both cemetery. the back of the platform stood in evergreen cemetery, while the front half were the vip's and lincoln sat was on national cemetery side. when lincoln rose to deliver his gettysburg address, he was standing well. the grounds of the national. i humbly submit that this isn't just ...
Hace 5 días · He famously began his legendary Gettysburg Address, which he delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, by harkening back to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
