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Edward Everett was the person who wrote and delivered the opening oration and dedication for the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the 19th November, 1863.

Of cause, while , secondary to other presentations that day, Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted Gettysburg Address was also given on the day and it is his masterpiece that marks Gettysburg in history.

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