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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

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The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA, on November 19th, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. Revisit one of the best known speeches in American history. 

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