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By\u00a0James Breig<\/a><\/p>\n

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A crowd attends the 50th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in 1913.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seven score and ten years have rolled by since Nov. 19, 1863, when the most famous speech in American history was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, Pa. Pressed in by a crowd eager to hear his remarks and surrounded by flapping flags, the Great Emancipator intoned the immortal words: \u201cFour score and seven years ago\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

The occasion was the dedication of a national cemetery to bury those who had given their lives to save the Union during the vicious July 1-3, 1863, fighting in Gettysburg.<\/p>\n

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Gettysburg cemetery gatehouse in 1863<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Describing the stand from which Lincoln spoke, The New York Times recorded that \u201cnumerous flags and banners, suitably draped, were exhibited\u2026.The entire scene was one of grandeur due to the importance of the occasion.\u201d A tall flagpole<\/a> that stood near Lincoln marked the center of the nascent cemetery.<\/p>\n

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With a flag behind him, Lincoln, minus his stovepipe hat, gives the Gettysburg Address.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many flags flew throughout the town of Gettysburg, where every public building and many private homes displayed an American flag<\/span><\/a> at half-staff<\/span><\/a>. That act of patriotism and mourning was imitated in many northern cities. In Hartford, Connecticut, for example, a newspaper observed that Nutmeg State soldiers \u201clie entombed [at Gettysburg]\u2026.No fitter tribute can be paid than by displaying the glorious flag beneath which they gave up their lives. Let the Stars and Stripes be flung to the breeze\u2026in every part of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Preceding Lincoln\u2019s brief remarks, Edward Everett, who was considered America\u2019s preeminent orator, spoke for two hours. He referenced the U.S. flag when speaking of the South: \u201cThe weary masses of the people [there] are yearning to see the dear old flag again floating upon their capitols, and they sigh for the return of the peace, prosperity, and happiness which they enjoyed under a government whose power was felt only in its blessings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next, the president spoke, taking only two minutes to deliver his Gettysburg Address but eliciting applause on several occasions, including after these words: \u201cWe here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in the afternoon, a regiment of New York soldiers passed in review before the governor of New York<\/a>, Horatio Seymour, who had attended the Gettysburg ceremonies. He presented the troops with \u201ca handsome silk regimental standard,\u201d the Times noted, and said: \u201cI ask in return of the men of New York to give three cheers for the Union of our country, and three cheers for the flag of our land.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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