Episode 2 of 3
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address
- When
- 1863-11-19
- Where
- Gettysburg National Cemetery
Lincoln delivered the address on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, during the formal dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The speech was written in Washington and revised after Lincoln's arrival at Gettysburg the evening of November 18. It became one of the most famous speeches in American history. The ceremony honored the battlefield's fallen soldiers, with the cemetery layout featuring state grave plots arranged as radii of a common center.
Sources
- Gettysburg Address Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
- Abraham Lincoln Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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