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Film, Video The Gettysburg Address

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Title

  • The Gettysburg Address

Summary

  • President Abraham Lincoln delivered an iconic speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at the dedication of a military cemetery on November 19, 1863. In his brief remarks, now known as "The Gettysburg Address," Lincoln equated the catastrophic suffering caused by the Civil War with the efforts of the American people to live up to the proposition that "all men are created equal." This document featured here is presumed to be the only working, or pre-delivery, draft and is commonly identified as the "Nicolay Copy" because it was once owned by John George Nicolay, Lincoln's private secretary. The Library has two copies of the Address written in Lincoln's hand. This one was on view as part of The Civil War in America exhibition (Fall 2013).

Names

  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2014-03-12.

Headings

  • -  Education

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Recorded on 2014-03-12.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689291

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress. The Gettysburg Address. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-12, 2014. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689291/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress. (2014) The Gettysburg Address. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-12. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689291/.

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Library Of Congress. The Gettysburg Address. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-12, 2014. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689291/>.