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On this day in 1863, Edward Everett spoke at the dedication of Gettysburg's National Cemetery, giving what is remembered today as the other Gettysburg Address. The Boston orator was the obvious choice for the occasion.
At half past eleven o’clock in the morning General Buford passed through Gettysburg, upon a reconnoissance in force, with his cavalry, upon the Chambersburg road. The information obtained by him was immediately communicated to General Reynolds, who was, in consequence, directed to occupy Gettysburg.
Apr 17, 2024 · The main address at the dedication ceremony was a two-hour speech delivered by Edward Everett, the best-known orator of the time. Steeped in the tradition of ancient Greek oratory , Everett’s speech was some 13,000 words long, but he delivered it without notes.
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- The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered in 1863 by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pe...
- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
- Edward Everett was an American statesman and noted orator who delivered the speech immediately preceding Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Ever...
- The Gettysburg Address was widely quoted and praised soon after Lincoln delivered it, and it came to be recognized as one of the masterpieces of pr...
The Everett copy, also known as the "Everett-Keyes copy" [why?], was sent by President Lincoln to Edward Everett in early 1864, at Everett's request. Everett was collecting the speeches at the Gettysburg dedication into one bound volume to sell for the benefit of stricken soldiers at New York's Sanitary Commission Fair .
Aug 24, 2010 · The Historic Gettysburg Address. On the morning of November 19, Everett delivered his two-hour oration (from memory) on the Battle of Gettysburg and its significance, and the orchestra played...
He was the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours—immediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous two-minute Gettysburg Address.
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May 26, 2024 · President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was just over 250 words long. It followed a two hour speech by Edward Everett at the dedication...
