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  1. Pennsylvania. Adams County. Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Cemetery. Added: 18 Sep 2002. Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1584934. Find 6947 memorial records at the Gettysburg National Cemetery cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Add a memorial, flowers or photo.

    • Cemetery Entrance. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is famous throughout the world today as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered at the cemetery’s dedication ceremony four and a half months after the battle.
    • The Battle (1st Massachusetts Battery Monument) This artillery, along with the other cannons and monuments located throughout the cemetery, not only mark the specific locations of Union artillery and infantry during the fighting, but also reflect the importance of Cemetery Hill during all three days of the battle.
    • The Battle's Aftermath and Creation of the Cemetery (Lincoln Speech Memorial) The Lincoln Speech Memorial is unique: it commemorates the speech Lincoln gave here and not the man himself.
    • The Cemetery (Bivouac of the Dead plaque) Looking across the slope of the hillside to your left, you see the first of the gravestones, laid out in rows, which mark the final resting place for over 3,500 Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg.
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  3. Gettysburg Rostrum. The Gettysburg Rostrum is a Gettysburg Battlefield venue for historical commemorations which have included addresses by US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1904), William Howard Taft, [1] Calvin Coolidge (1928), Herbert Hoover (1930), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934). [2] The facility has been most often used during Decoration ...

  4. Salisbury. v. t. e. Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought between July 1 to 3, 1863, resulted in the largest number of casualties of any Civil War battle but ...

  5. Nov 14, 2022 · The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 6,000 United States soldiers and veterans. Of these, over 3,500 were among the United States soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It was here at the cemetery’s dedication ceremony, just a few months after the battle, that President Abraham Lincoln gave his ...

  6. At the cemetery center, the towering Soldiers' National Monument features the figure of Liberty on the pedestal surrounded on the base by War, Clio, (the Muse of History), Plenty and Peace. In addition to the more than 3,500 Union soldiers buried here, the cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers and dependents from the Civil War to ...

  7. Sep 23, 2022 · The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 6,000 United States soldiers and was the location where President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is famous throughout the world today as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered at the cemetery’s dedication ...