Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 7,106 people.
Gettysburg National Military Park in April 2019
On November 19, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (center, facing camera) delivered the Gettysburg Address, considered one of the best-known speeches in American history.
Downtown Gettysburg in 1930
Gettysburg in 1935
Gettysburg National Cemetery
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Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought between July 1 to 3, 1863, resulted in the largest number of casualties of any Civil War battle but also was considered the war's turning point, leading ultimately to the Union victory.
The Soldiers' National Monument at the center Gettysburg National Cemetery" with 18 Union states' areas, one U.S. Regulars area, and three areas for graves of the unknown
President Lincoln (seated, left of center) at the cemetery's consecration, November 19, 1863
Granite bands mark the graves of unknown soldiers.
National Cemetery rostrum (1879)