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The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...
On this day, 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech during our country’s greatest moment of division, as the North fought the South in the Civil War. In July 1863, at Gettysburg ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa.-- An Abraham Lincoln impersonator whose voice stood for the 16th president's at the Lincoln Memorial and Gettysburg ceremonies has died.. James Getty portrayed the former president ...
Chronicling Lincoln@Gettysburg. By Peter D. Kramer; ... Obama refers back to it, as he did on the 50th anniversary of the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
The site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War was host to a solemn tribute to history Tuesday as thousands gathered in Gettysburg, Pa., to mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - An Abraham Lincoln impersonator known for his rousing recitations of the Gettysburg Address at the battlefield cemetery each November has died.
Just in time for the 151st anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg on Nov. 19, an unusual memorial honoring President Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech ...
In celebration of the 160th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial Shrine will host an event 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in Smiley Park, outside the shrine. The ...
On June 28, 1863, Robert E. Lee, Confederate General, dared to cross the border and invade Pennsylvania, a Union state. Lee hoped to force Lincoln into negotiations to end the war. Lincoln felt dis… ...
The celebration of the Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s 90th anniversary year will continue Saturday, Nov. 19, with two events at the A.K. Smiley Public Library campus in Redlands. Nov. 19 is the 159th ...
Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial Shrine will commemorate the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in Smiley Park outside the shrine.