The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery,now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery,in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19,1863,four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg,the Civil War's deadliest battle. It remains one of the best known speeches in American history.
Gettysburg is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town.
Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census,the population was 103,852. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22,1800,from part of York County,and was named for the second President of the United States,John Adams. On July 1–3,1863,a crucial battle of the American Civil War was fought near Gettysburg;Adams County as a result is a center of Civil War tourism.
Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832,the 225-acre (91 ha) campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students,with roughly equal numbers of men and women. Gettysburg students come from 41 states,Washington,D.C.,and 39 countries.
John Buford,Jr. was a United States Army cavalry officer. He fought for the Union as a brigadier general during the American Civil War. Buford is best known for having played a major role in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1,1863,by identifying,taking,and holding the "high ground" while in command of a division.
Andrew Gregg Curtin was a U.S. lawyer and politician. He served as the Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War,helped defend his state during the Gettysburg Campaign,and led organization of the creation of the National Cemetery and the ceremony that included Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Ursinus College is a private liberal arts college in Collegeville,Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869 and occupies a 170-acre campus.
The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Located in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania,the park is managed by the National Park Service. The GNMP properties include most of the Gettysburg Battlefield,many of the battle's support areas during the battle,and several other non-battle areas associated with the battle's "aftermath and commemoration," including the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Many of the park's 43,000 American Civil War artifacts are displayed in the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center.
Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower,the 34th President of the United States,and its surrounding property of 690.5 acres (279.4 ha). It is located in Cumberland Township,Adams County,Pennsylvania,just outside Gettysburg. Purchased by then-General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950,the farm served as a weekend retreat for the President and a meeting place for world leaders,and became the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House in 1961.
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg was a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. It was one of seven ELCA seminaries,one of the three seminaries in the Eastern Cluster of Lutheran Seminaries,and a member institution of the Washington Theological Consortium. It was founded in 1826 under prominent but controversial theologian and professor Samuel Simon Schmucker (1799-1873) for the recently organized General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States. The seminary was the oldest continuing Lutheran seminary in the United States until it was merged on July 1,2017,after 189 years of operation,with the nearby and former rival Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia to form the United Lutheran Seminary. The new institution continues to use both campuses.
Stephen Lang is an American actor. He is known for roles in films including Manhunter (1986),Gettysburg,Tombstone,Gods and Generals (2003),Public Enemies (2009),Conan the Barbarian (2011),The Girl on the Train (2013) and Don't Breathe (2016). Outside of these roles,he has had an extensive career on Broadway,and has received a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 1992 production of The Speed of Darkness. He won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in James Cameron's Avatar (2009). From 2004 to 2006,he was co-artistic director of the Actors Studio.
Henry Harrison Bingham was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War,fought in some of the key battles of the war and received the United States Military's highest award for valor,the Medal of Honor,for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Henry Louis Baugher was an American Lutheran clergyman and academic. He was the President of Gettysburg College from 1850 until 1868.
George Michael Leader was an American politician. He served as the 36th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 18,1955 until January 20,1959. He was a member of the Democratic Party,and a native of York County,Pennsylvania. He was the only person from that county ever to be elected governor of the state until the election of Tom Wolf in 2014.
Charles R. Gerow,is a Republican Party political strategist who is the CEO of Quantum Communications,a Harrisburg,Pennsylvania-based public relations and public affairs firm.
The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The gathering included approximately 25 veterans of the battle with a further 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendees out of the 8,000 living veterans of the war. The veterans averaged 94 years of age. Transportation,quarters,and subsistence was federally funded for each veteran and their accompanying attendant. If an attendant was needed it was provided. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's July 3 reunion address preceded the unveiling of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial;a newsreel with part of the address was included in the Westinghouse Time Capsule for the 1939 New York World's Fair.
The Federal Building is a historic structure in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. It was erected in 1913,the 50th anniversary year of the Battle of Gettysburg. The main Adams County Library building since 1992,it previously served as the War Department/National Park Service headquarters of the Gettysburg National Military Park from 1912 to 1962 and as a branch of the United States Post Office.
Gettysburg Academy was an antebellum boys' boarding school for which the vernacular architecture schoolhouse was the "first home" of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and Gettysburg College.
Douglas Vincent Mastriano is an American far-right politician and retired military officer who has served in the Pennsylvania Senate since 2019,representing the 33rd district. A member of the Republican Party,he was the GOP nominee in the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election,which he lost by 14 percentage points to Democrat Josh Shapiro.
Whitfield J. Bell Jr. was an American author and an expert on early American History,Science,the American Philosophical Society and Benjamin Franklin and his writings.
