4 July 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 12 minutesAbraham Lincoln © Alexander Gardner
The Gettysburg Address is a
speech that
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the
American Civil War at the dedication of the
Soldiers’ National Cemetery in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the
Union armies defeated those of the
Confederacy at the
Battle of Gettysburg. It is one of the best-known speeches in
American history.
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