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Invalidated site: Digital Commons at University at Buffalo School of Law - The Gettysburg Address: Lincoln╎s Model Legal Argument (PDF). Oct 12, 2026
Add new Web site: US Department of Veterans Affairs - Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in the National Cemeteries (PDF). Jan 02, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University at Buffalo School of Law - The Gettysburg Address: Lincoln╎s Model Legal Argument (PDF). Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University at Buffalo School of Law - The Gettysburg Address: Lincoln╎s Model Legal Argument (PDF). Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Gettysburg Address Tablet. Aug 29, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Cornell University Library - Rare and Manuscript Collection - The Gettysburg Address. Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: LSU Scholarly Repository - The Long Shadow of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (PDF). Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg Pa. Nov. 19th, 1863. [n. p. n. d.]. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Gettysburg Address - setting and context. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Washington - Engage All Abilities - Gettysburg Address. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum - The Gettysburg Address. May 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Arizona State University - Center for American Civics - Gettysburg Address. Apr 05, 2023
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - The Gettysburg Address. Sep 05, 2022
Deleted video. Sep 18, 2020
Added a description of Edward Everett's speech and an excerpt from it. Aug 14, 2019
Media added. Jun 30, 2017
Corrected display issue. Jan 20, 2017
Media added. Jul 15, 2016
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - The Gettysburg Address. Aug 05, 2014
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Gettysburg Address. Jul 18, 2014
In the sentence "On the day following the ceremony...," changed the period after "ceremony" to a comma. Jun 21, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - How the Gettysburg Address Worked. Nov 07, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Gettysburg Address. Nov 07, 2008
Media added. Oct 30, 2008
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address. Oct 05, 2006
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address. Sep 29, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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