Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − military park shows what national ‘reconciliation’ looked like for decades after Civil War
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers had been killed, wounded or captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, later seen as a turning point in the war.
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