President Lincoln gave his famous 2 minute Gettysburg Address, at the dedication of the national cemetery but the Gettysburg Address was NOT the opening speech, at the dedication. The opening speech was made by Edward Everett, a noted orator from Massachusetts; it lasted 2 hours, followed by President Lincoln's 2 minute address.
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* The Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War * The Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln * Home to a national cemetery, The Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg is a borough in Adams County of Pennsylvania in the United States. It was the site for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, and where one of the most famous speeches in US history, the Gettysburg Address, was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln.
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His famous speech was in Gettysburg (The Gettysburg Address).
The subject of the Gettysburg Address was that many men had given their lives already during the war and that the war must be won. The famous speech was given by President Lincoln.
President Lincoln gave many speeches, probably the most famous of which is known as the Gettysburg address.
On November 19, 1863 was the day of President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Gettysburg is famous because of the battlefield, the cemetery, and the Address.
The Gettysburg Address was a speech that President Abraham Lincoln gave during the Civil War. As such, it is an oration piece, and one of the most famous ones in the country's history.