Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
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The Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery was the 1863 ceremony at Gettysburg honoring Union soldiers killed in the battle, during which Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Civil War commemoration
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historical event → public ceremony → |
| alsoFeaturedSpeaker | Edward Everett → |
| associatedWith |
Union Army
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United States government →
surface form: "United States federal government"
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| attendedBy |
Abraham Lincoln
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Edward Everett → members of the public → various Union officials → |
| battleDateRelation | held a few months after the Battle of Gettysburg → |
| chronologicallyFollows |
Battle of Gettysburg
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surface form: "Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863)"
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| city | Gettysburg → |
| commemorates |
Battle of Gettysburg
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Union soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| featuresSpeech | Gettysburg Address → |
| hasContext | American Civil War → |
| hasDay | 19 → |
| hasHistoricalEra | 19th century → |
| hasMonth | November → |
| hasName |
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
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surface form: "Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg"
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| hasPoliticalContext | Union war effort in the American Civil War → |
| hasSignificance |
major commemorative event of the American Civil War
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occasion on which the Gettysburg Address was delivered → |
| hasYear | 1863 → |
| isAftermathOf | Battle of Gettysburg → |
| isKeyEventIn | history of Gettysburg National Military Park → |
| languageUsed | English → |
| linkedDocument | text of the Gettysburg Address → |
| locatedIn | Soldiers' National Cemetery → |
| location |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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surface form: "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania"
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| mainSpeaker | Abraham Lincoln → |
| memorializes | Union casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg → |
| memorialType | cemetery dedication → |
| organizedBy |
Pennsylvania
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surface form: "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"
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| purpose |
to dedicate a national cemetery for Union war dead
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to honor Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg → |
| resultedIn | formal opening of the Soldiers' National Cemetery → |
| speechDelivered | Gettysburg Address → |
| speechDeliveredBy | Abraham Lincoln → |
| state | Pennsylvania → |
| tookPlaceOn | November 19, 1863 → |
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Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
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Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
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this entity surface form: "Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg"