Where did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln had been invited by the dedication committee of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery (today the Gettysburg National Cemetery) to give a few appropriate remarks. The cemetery had been created to bury the Union dead from the Battle of Gettysburg (the Confederate dead from the battle were reburied in the cemetery years later). Lincoln was essentially a last minute invite, former Massachusetts senator, and notated orator, Edward Everett was to be the key note speaker at the dedication. On November 19, 1863 folks turned out to the dedication and listened for two straight hours as Mr. Everett delivered his dedication speech. When he was done Lincoln got up and delivered the two minute long Gettysburg Address which, as Everett himself predicted, is better known than Everett’s speech.
