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Gettysburg Adress Commemoration
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In honor of the 159th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address the National Park Service invites you to our annual memorial building illumination.
NOVEMBER 19TH, 2022
6:30 PM: Meet and Greet with President Lincoln
7:00 PM: Opening Remarks from Stacy Humphreys, Chief of Interpretation and Resource Management
7:10 PM: Delivery of the Gettysburg Address
7:30 PM: Music Preformed by the Kentucky Home Guard Band
After the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, a campaign began to create a National Cemetery to rebury the Union dead with full honors. With the support of the Pennsylvania Governor, a committee formed to select an appropriate site for the cemetery and oversee the interment of Union remains.
On November 19th, 1863 a ceremony was held to dedicate the new cemetery. President Lincoln had been invited and asked only to say, “a few appropriate remarks.” His words would become known as the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous presidential speeches in American history. In only 272 words, President Lincoln would not only honor the lives lost in the battle but define what those soldiers had been fighting for in words that still resonate to this day.
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