Dedication Day Ceremonies
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College helps coordinate the annual Dedication Day Ceremonies which take place on and around November 19. The day's events are held in the Gettysburg National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Although Lincoln actually gave the Gettysburg Address in the adjacent Evergreen Cemetery, the National Cemetery provides the most room for spectators.
Past speakers at the Dedication Day Ceremonies have included Tom Brokaw, Jeff Shaara, Lynne Cheney, Sandra Day O'Connor, William Rehnquist, and others. The 2008 speaker was film director Ken Burns, and the 2009 speaker was Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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