(WTAP) -On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil ...
Some listeners were startled; a newspaper reporter later wrote that Lincoln’s speech “passed unnoticed by many”; another ...
Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.
Today, our Nation marks the 162nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the brief yet immortal speech through which President Abraham Lincoln transformed ...
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On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Battlefield guide Jeffrey Harding and Penn State University professor Jon Nese provide opening remarks for the lesson about how weather impacted the ...
A Civil War canon stands silent, overlooking the killing fields at Gettysburg. The town of Gettysburg lies in Adams County at the extreme southern edge of Pennsylvania and on the border with the state ...
A dedication ceremony in Gettysburg on Wednesday honored the speech given by President Abraham Lincoln delivered 162 years ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Gettysburg Foundation announced Feb. 20 that Children of Gettysburg 1863, its interactive children's history museum in the historic Rupp House, has been named a top children's ...