Gettysburg Address: Quick Facts
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| Date | November 19, 1863 (Anniversary in 6 days) |
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| Location | Gettysburg • Pennsylvania • United States |
Did You Know?
- Those critical of Lincoln disapproved of the speechs length and labeled it unsuitable for the occasion, whereas his supporters wrote of the oration's genuine emotions and elegance.
- Roughly 15,000 people were present at the dedication ceremony during Edward Everett's speech and Lincoln's following address.
- Lincoln writing the Gettysburg Address hurriedly on a bumpy train is only a legend, as his careful, smooth, handwritten copies show.
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