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Tag Archives: Gettysburg Address
Edward Everett and Battlefield Guiding 101
While doing some review about the history around the November 19, 1863, dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery, I re-read Edward Everett’s lengthy oration. One of the things I’ve always liked about his speech is that it’s Gettysburg specific; while President … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged battlefield guides, Edward Everett, Gettysburg Address
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg
by Brad Gottfried When Linda and I retired in 2017, we decided to move up to the Gettysburg area of Pennsylvania. I became a Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide. I loved (and still do) walking visitors around the streets of Gettysburg, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series, Memory
Tagged Adams County Historical Society, Andrew Dalton, Brad Gottfried, ECWS-Series, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide, Gettysburg National Cemetery, John Heiser, Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg, Linda Gottfried, Tim Smith
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WWII Burials in Gettysburg National Cemetery
November 19th is the 158th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, given at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, now Gettysburg National Cemetery. Located atop Cemetery Hill in the midst of America’s bloodiest battlefield, Lincoln delivered an immortal … Continue reading
The Gettysburg Address Rewritten As A Wedding Toast?
Last month I joined my family to celebrate my brother and sister-in-law’s marriage. They got married a year ago in the middle of Covid-lockdown and postponed the party until this year when everyone could gather more safely. As a member … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged Civil War in Pop Culture, Gettysburg Address, wedding
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A Radical Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln’s two-minute remarks during the dedication of the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863 may be the most heralded words ever delivered in the English language. For nearly 160 years, the legacy and mythology surrounding that … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Politics, Slavery
Tagged Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln, Memory, Slavery, William Seward
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BookChat with Lucas Morel, author of Lincoln and the American Founding
I was pleased to spend some time with a recently released book by historian Lucas E. Morel, author of Lincoln and the American Founding, part of the Concise Lincoln Library from Southern Illinois University Press (find out more about it … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Stephens, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Concise Lincoln Library, Cornerstone Speech, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, George Washington, Gettysburg Address, Invisible Man, Jefferson Davis, Ralph Ellison, Roger B. Taney, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, Stephen Douglas, Thomas Jefferson
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the 1864 Election
Among the many rich rhetorical legacies US presidents have left to future generations, the Gettysburg Address dwarfs them all. Lincoln took scarcely more than two minutes to deliver a worthy tribute to fallen Federal soldiers and paint an inspirational vision … Continue reading
Posted in Lincoln, Politics
Tagged 1864 Election, Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, politics
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On Ike in Gettysburg
On November 19, 1963, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a speech in Gettysburg’s national cemetery to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. (For details on the event and Ike’s speech, see this post, “Ike, JFK, and the … Continue reading
Lincoln Arrives In Hanover
We’ll have several posts tomorrow for the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but today is the anniversary of a presidential “travel day.” The November 21, 1863 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a lengthy article about Lincoln’s visit to Gettysburg … Continue reading
Thank You for Your Role in “The Great Task”
If you voted in this year’s election, I’d like to say “Thank you.” It doesn’t matter who you voted for—what matters is that you voted. It looks like participation is going to end up north of 65%, a modern record … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Ties to the War
Tagged Elections, Gettysburg Address, Pamplin Park, Petersburg Civil War Roundtable, politics
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