gettysburg address

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What does gettysburg address mean?

The popular name of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 , on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, as part of a ceremony to dedicate a portion of that battlefield as a cemetary for soldiers who died fighting there. See note below.

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