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Gettysburg National Military Park
By Linda Tancs
Established just months following the battle, the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, interred the remains of over 3,500 Union soldiers. During its dedication on November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his iconic Gettysburg Address, commemorated today at the Lincoln Address Memorial. Nearby is the Soldiers’ National Monument, a figure of Liberty atop a pedestal, holding a sword in one hand and a wreath of peace in the other. Between 1898 and 1968, the government added sections to accommodate the graves of veterans from the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
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