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- 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.
President Lincoln (seated, left of center) at the cemetery's consecration, November 19, 1863 1863 map of Soldiers' National Cemetery Granite bands mark the graves of unknown soldiers. National Cemetery rostrum (1879)
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Map. See all cemetery photos. About. Get directions Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , USA. Coordinates: 39.82177, -77.23256. Cemetery ID: 1584934. Members have Contributed. 6,949 Memorials. 91% photographed. 17% with gps. About these numbers. Photos. Added by Debbie Cromwell. Added by WarnerWorld. See 18 more. Cemeteries. Region. North America.
The Gettysburg Rostrum is a Gettysburg Battlefield venue for historical commemorations which have included addresses by US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1904), William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge (1928), Herbert Hoover (1930), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934).
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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 ...
Mar 15, 2021 · Park in the National Cemetery Parking lot off Taneytown road (the old Cyclorama Parking lot) and walk up through the gate to the Rostrum, a large brick platform located near the Lincoln Speech Memorial. Background.
