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Final expansion of the 163-year-old Beaufort cemetery will give vets a resting place
Space must be maximized at the 163-year graveyard and concrete crypts that can hold two caskets are part of an expansion to ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People'
On November 19, 1863, near the site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered ... dedication ceremony of a new national cemetery in Gettysburg ...
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This week in Philly history: Which version of the Gettysburg Address did Abraham Lincoln actually say?
Upon a wooden platform, set in a small, war-torn Pennsylvania town, President Abraham Lincoln stood before ... of the town’s battlefield as a national cemetery. Historians routinely cite the ...
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12 ... During the race, he debated Stephen Douglas seven times. Lincoln gained national attention for his skills as an orator. Two years after losing the Senate race ...
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Campaign celebrating Abraham Lincoln's Illinois roots goes from Freeport to Jonesboro
The exhibits help residents and visitors learn more about Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th ... also two cemeteries of interest, Alton’s National Cemetery, and the Confederate Cemetery and ...