Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address

November 1, 2011 By admin

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania as it appeared from Cemetery Hill, where the dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery took place on November 19, 1863 (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

Visitors to the ceremony visited landmarks of the battlefield (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

The fence near the grave of a Union soldier is adorned with a knapsack and hat (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

Union graves marked by planks and fence posts, before reinterring in the new cemetery (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

The battlefield graves of Confederate soldiers anonymously marked with blank wooden posts (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

The dedication ceremony on November 19, 1863; President Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg Address from the platform to the right of the cemetery's entrance gates (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

A photograph of the dedication ceremony shows Abraham Lincoln in the center (November 19, 1863, Matthew Brady, photographer; Library of Congress)

This detail of the previous photograph provides a closer view of Lincoln at Gettysburg; he is the hatless figure in the center (November 19, 1863, Matthew Brady, photographer; Library of Congress)

Published in 1905, more than forty years after the dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, this print presents Lincoln as a commanding presence as he delivers his famous speech (1905; Library of Congress)

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Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address

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