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The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln
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Librivox recording of The Gettysburg Address. Read by Shurtagal. It was a cloudy November day in 1863 when thousands gathered to hear renowned orator Edward Everett dedicate a national cemetery at the site of a pivotal battle early in July of that year. Also present to deliver "a few appropriate remarks" was the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln spoke but 278 words; Everett later wrote to the President, "I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes." Though there are surviving

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English
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April 25, 2026

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The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

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