GETTYSBURG, Pa. — An annual Memorial Day ceremony was held Monday at Gettysburg National Cemetery, 156 years after the holiday first known as "Decoration Day" was originally observed on the site. The ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery at ...

ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — It was Nov. 19, 1963, when Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address during the dedication ceremony at Gettysburg National Cemetery. 162 years later, local historians say ...

Gettysburg Memorial Day Parade Is One Of The Oldest In The Nation Gettysburg is known as the place where history was made—but many don’t realize it’s also home to one of the nation’s oldest ...

Where in Gettysburg, exactly, did Lincoln actually deliver his Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863? A prominent, 1912 monument to the speech by the entrance of the town's National Cemetery leads ...

President Abraham Lincoln was asked to speak at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg. On that day, Nov. 19, 1863, Lincoln gave a 2-minute, 272-word speech that The Patriot ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — On the Civil War battlefield where President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that symbolized his presidency and the sacrifices made by Union and Confederate forces, thousands gathered ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A long-time cemetery in Gettysburg announced it will be launching a capital campaign to support a historic preservation project. The Board of Trustees of Gettysburg’s ...

When Abraham Lincoln stepped on the Gettysburg battlefield in November 1863 to join in dedicating a soldiers’ cemetery, the nation was still embroiled in a civil war. Lincoln wasn’t the guest of honor ...