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The Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's Famous Address
TLDR The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the U.S. Civil War, resulting in a Union victory and the establishment of a national cemetery. President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, considered one of the greatest works of oratory, honored the soldiers who fought and died in the battle.
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The largest battle in the history of the Western Hemisphere took place in Southern Pennsylvania during the U.S. Civil War, resulting in the establishment of a National Cemetery and a famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the Civil War, resulting in a Union victory and the establishment of a national cemetery for the war dead.
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The consecration ceremony for the Gettysburg cemetery took place on November 19th, with President Lincoln in attendance and Edward Everett as the featured speaker.
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President Lincoln's short remarks at the Gettysburg cemetery consecration ceremony stole the show and are widely considered to be one of the greatest works of oratory in the English language.
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There are five different surviving manuscripts of the Gettysburg Address, each with slight variations, and the most referenced copy is the Bliss copy, which is hanging in the Lincoln Room of the White House.
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The Gettysburg Address is referenced in Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech and is etched in stone inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., while the Soldiers National Cemetery is now known as the Gettysburg National Cemetery and is run by the National Park Service as part of the Gettysburg National Military Park.
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The brave men who fought and died at Gettysburg have consecrated the ground, and it is now our duty to be dedicated to the unfinished work and ensure that their sacrifice was not in vain.
