Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg information
November 19, 1863 historical event
Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln (center) at the consecration just after arriving c. noon and ~3 hours before the speech.[citation needed] In 2006, two additional Gettysburg procession photographs of Lincoln were identified in the Library of Congress.[1]
The Consecration of the Soldiers' National Cemetery[3][4] was the ceremony at which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. In addition to the 15,000 spectators, attendees included six state governors: Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania, Augustus Bradford of Maryland, Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, Horatio Seymour of New York, Joel Parker of New Jersey, and David Tod of Ohio.[5] Reporters present included Joseph Gilbert (Associated Press), Charles Hale (Boston Advertiser),[6]: 14 John Russell Young (Philadelphia Press); and Cincinnati Commercial,[6]: 13 New York Tribune, & The New York Times reporters.[6]: 15
Edward Everett's 1864 book on the "…Consecration of the National Cemetery At Gettysburg…"David Wills invitation to Abraham Lincoln: "It is the desire that, after the Oration, you, as Chief Executive of the nation, formally set apart these grounds to their sacred use by a few appropriate remarks."[7]: 25
^Toppo, Greg (November 15, 2007). "Honestly, is that really Abe in 3-D?". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
^Swain, Craig (March 8, 2009). "Soldiers' National Monument" (HMdb.org webpage, marker 16864). Retrieved 2011-06-23. '… of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.' – Lincoln. November 13th [sic], 1863.NOTE: The webpage's photo shows the inscribed date is the correct "19th", not the webpage's "13th".
^Lincoln, Abraham. "expenses in attending the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg" (Report). Washington, D. C. (White House). (cited by Klement 1993, p. 267)
^Cite error: The named reference Everett was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"The Heroes of July; A Solemn and Imposing Event. Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburgh". The New York Times. November 20, 1863. p. 1. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-18. The assemblage was of great magnitude, and was gathered within a circle of great extent around the stand, which was located on the highest point of ground on which the battle was fought. (pdf version). p. 2: [Everett] Address; Delivered at Gettysburgh on the Nineteenth of November at the Consecration of the Cemetery
^ abcProchnow, Victor Herbert, ed. (1944). Great Stories from Great Lives. Freeport: Books for Libraries Press. ISBN 0-8369-2018-X.
^Wills, Garry (1992). Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Made America. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 25, 35. ISBN 9780671867423.
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