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8 unusual facts about Gettysburg Address


Arden Hayes

He is known for his knowledge of the U.S. presidents, reciting Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by heart, and being able to identify the countries of the world and name the capitals of each.

Flux Family Secrets: The Rabbit Hole

Throughout the journey, the player travels to different locations in time that impacted three historical events; The Gettysburg Address; Henry Ford's test drive of the Quadricycle; and the Boston Tea Party which includes the Green Dragon Tavern, Griffin's Wharf and the tea ship named the Beaver.

Myles Martel

In 2013 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Martel chairs the "In Lincoln's Footsteps" speech contest.

Richard Heffner

He was the author of A Documentary History of the United States, a verbatim anthology of important public documents in American history, among them the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

Ruggles of Red Gap

The climax of the film is Laughton’s recitation of the Gettysburg Address (something that does not happen in the original story).

Waltham Watch Company

Upon giving the Gettysburg Address in 1863, Abraham Lincoln was presented with a William Ellery, key wind watch Waltham Model 1857, serial number 67613.

When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water

Released on the Trace Elements imprint, their 1987 debut EP found them covering Ray Davies and reciting the Gettysburg Address.

Words for Battle

The film's climax features an extract from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, accompanying footage of tanks passing the statue of Lincoln in Parliament Square, the chimes of Big Ben, and civilians travelling to work.


Continental Congress

President Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, summed up their core accomplishment in thirty words: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

John Palmer Usher

He accompanied Lincoln to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in November 1863 for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery and sat on the platform with other dignitaries when Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address.

Writing implement

Words and names are still commonly inscribed into commemorative objects, such as the engraved winners' names on the silver Stanley Cup or the Gettysburg Address carved into the stone wall of the Lincoln Memorial, but the requisite tools are not exclusively considered to be writing instruments.


see also

Alexander Bliss

The resulting copy of Lincoln's speech, known as the Bliss Copy, is one of only five known manuscript versions of the Gettysburg Address; it is preserved and on display in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Rathvon

William R. Rathvon (1854–1939), businessman and author of an audio recording with his impressions of the Gettysburg Address

Thomas H. Stockton

Stockton gave the opening prayer at the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery, the meeting at which Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.