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The Gettysburg Address was not meant to dedicate a battlefield, it was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That cemetery was located on a portion of the battlefield where the Battle of Gettysburg took place.
The Gettysburg Address is so named because Lincoln gave it on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as his part in the dedication ceremonies for the military cemetery there.
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The Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War. It was given at the dedication ceremony of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, following the Battle of Gettysburg.
It was the dedication to the Union cemetery at Gettysburg this is why he states.........."we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation can long endure." The graves of the fallen dead from the battle were still fresh when he came to dedicate the cemetery. The speech took 2 minutes.
Yes at the dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield's cemetery on November 19, 1863
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It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Mr. Lincoln at the opening dedication of the cemetery, yes, but he was not the main speaker.
Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery there in November of 1863, four months after the battle.
President Abraham Lincoln delivered his infamous Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.