Dedication Day 2023
Oct 30, 2023
Nov. 19, 2023, marks the anniversary of the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the cemetery’s dedication Nov. 19, 1863.
On Sunday, Nov. 19, Dedication Day ceremonies commemorating the 160th anniversary of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery will take place. UPDATE: Change of ceremony venue from Gettysburg National Cemetery to Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg, Pa.
This year, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania announced that policy analyst and author Susan Eisenhower will deliver the keynote address. Emmy®-nominated actor Graham Sibley will present the Gettysburg Address. Hunter College's Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute Jonathan F. Fanton Director, pre-eminent Lincoln scholar and author Harold Holzer; presidential historian, international keynote speaker, Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author and Pastimes Productions partner Doris Kearns Goodwin; and Grammy Award winning American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges will participate in the ceremony. The program also features a U.S. Naturalization and Citizenship ceremony, welcoming a group of new citizens.
Since 1938, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, in partnership with the National Park Service, the Gettysburg Foundation, and Gettysburg College, has commemorated President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on its anniversary date of Nov. 19.
UPDATE: Change of ceremony venue from Gettysburg National Cemetery to Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg, Pa. The event is free and open to the public. A limited number of seats will be available to the public. The doors will open to the public at 9:30 a.m.
To read more about the Dedication Day event and get up-to-date information, visit the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania online.
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