U. S. National Cemetery

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Stock #:152594
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Gettysburg
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Adams
Publisher: Marken & Bielfeld. Inc.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Seventeen acres of land were purchased by the eighteen states of the north soon after the battle of Gettysburg and presented to the National Government on condition that it be forever preserved and maintained as a national cemetery. More than 3600 Union Soldiers, including 1600 unknown, are buried here. The cemetery was dedicated by President Lincoln, November 19th, 1863, at which time he delivered his famous “Gettysburg Address”.

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