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Friday Nov. 19 is the 147th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg address. As always, they have an annual commemoration and a number of events. Here is the schedule for this year:
Friday, November 19
*Note: November 19, the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, was formally designated as Dedication Day, by a joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives, on August 7, 1946.
10:15 a.m. Wreath Laying Ceremony
Soldiers’ National Monument, Soldiers’ National Cemetery
Visitors can walk through the cemetery along the upper drive to reach the rostrum.
10:30 a.m. 147th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address Dedication Day Ceremony
Keynote speaker: Sam Donaldson, formerly of ABC News, and Chief White House Correspondent during the Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations
Rostrum, Soldiers’ National Cemetery
Event includes a Naturalization Ceremony, presented by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
11:15 a.m. Colored Troops Graveside Salute
Speaker: Hari Jones, Curator of African American Civil War Museum, Washington DC
(Or immediately following the Dedication Day Ceremony)
12:00 p.m. Lincoln Fellowship Luncheon
Keynote speaker: Author Thomas Craughwell will speak on his book: “Stealing Lincoln’s Body”, Gettysburg
(Fellowship members only; pre-registration is required; no phone reservations accepted. For information on becoming a member of the Lincoln Fellowship, visit us online at www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar/institute, by phone 717-337-6590, or write to the Lincoln Fellowship, P.O. Box 3372, Gettysburg, PA,17325
4:00pm Gettysburg Addresses Lincoln
Speaker: Jim Getty, “My Life as Abraham Lincoln”
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
7:30 p.m. 12th Annual Michael Shaara Prize for Excellence in Civil War fiction awarded by Jeff Shaara
Recipient: Cornelia Nixon, for her book Jarretsville (Counterpoint, 2009)
Majestic Theater
49th Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Edward L. Ayers, President of the University of Richmond
Lecture: “Loyalty and American’s Civil War”
9:30 p.m. Public Reception and Book Signing
Majestic Theater Lobby
http://www.gettysburg.travel/media/event_detail.asp?event_id=3339
Friday, November 19
*Note: November 19, the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, was formally designated as Dedication Day, by a joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives, on August 7, 1946.
10:15 a.m. Wreath Laying Ceremony
Soldiers’ National Monument, Soldiers’ National Cemetery
Visitors can walk through the cemetery along the upper drive to reach the rostrum.
10:30 a.m. 147th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address Dedication Day Ceremony
Keynote speaker: Sam Donaldson, formerly of ABC News, and Chief White House Correspondent during the Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations
Rostrum, Soldiers’ National Cemetery
Event includes a Naturalization Ceremony, presented by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
11:15 a.m. Colored Troops Graveside Salute
Speaker: Hari Jones, Curator of African American Civil War Museum, Washington DC
(Or immediately following the Dedication Day Ceremony)
12:00 p.m. Lincoln Fellowship Luncheon
Keynote speaker: Author Thomas Craughwell will speak on his book: “Stealing Lincoln’s Body”, Gettysburg
(Fellowship members only; pre-registration is required; no phone reservations accepted. For information on becoming a member of the Lincoln Fellowship, visit us online at www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar/institute, by phone 717-337-6590, or write to the Lincoln Fellowship, P.O. Box 3372, Gettysburg, PA,17325
4:00pm Gettysburg Addresses Lincoln
Speaker: Jim Getty, “My Life as Abraham Lincoln”
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
7:30 p.m. 12th Annual Michael Shaara Prize for Excellence in Civil War fiction awarded by Jeff Shaara
Recipient: Cornelia Nixon, for her book Jarretsville (Counterpoint, 2009)
Majestic Theater
49th Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Edward L. Ayers, President of the University of Richmond
Lecture: “Loyalty and American’s Civil War”
9:30 p.m. Public Reception and Book Signing
Majestic Theater Lobby
http://www.gettysburg.travel/media/event_detail.asp?event_id=3339
