Edward Everett Wikimedia Commons One hundred and fifty years ago, on Nov. 19, 1863, famed orator and former Secretary of State Edward Everett delivered a two-hour speech at the Gettysburg National ...

History It’s the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Bostonians should take a moment to remember Edward Everett. On Nov. 19, 1863, the accomplished Massachusetts statesman gave a two-hour ...

So when a Pennsylvania-led commission finished assembling a burial ground for the soldiers who’d fallen at Gettysburg, they naturally asked Edward Everett if he’d speak at the cemetery’s ...

Al Brophy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill looks at the historical importance of the main speech given at Gettysburg on November 23, 1863: the oration of the day’s featured ...

Gettysburg, Pa., civic leader David Wills invited Edward Everett, former president of Harvard University and the nation’s leading orator, to offer the main address. Later, Wills invited Lincoln ...

Where in Gettysburg, exactly, did Lincoln actually deliver his Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863? ... Edward Everett, delivered what was scheduled as the main speech of the day.

Edward Everett was considered the greatest orator in the North, and was invited to be the keynote speaker for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. President Lincoln was only to make ...

I am very proud of my family Civil War veterans. My father's grand uncle served in the 6th Wis. Volunteer Infantry — the Iron Brigade. Frank Wallar was awarded the ...

Anniversaries frequently invoke reflection. So, it’s only natural that we should ponder the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address that occurs on Nov. 19. Lincoln was not the main speake… ...