Gettysburg Remembrance Day

November 19 marks the anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is famous throughout the world today as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered at the cemetery’s dedication ceremonies four and a half months after the battle.

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska will gather at the Abraham Lincoln statue on the west side of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, NE to commemorate the 159th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.