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Internet Archive. Language. English. Papers read at a meeting held in Springfield, Ill., Apr. 30-May 4, 1965; principal sponsors: Illinois State Historical Society and Illinois Civil War Centennial Commission.
A Portion of that field; the centennial of the burial of Lincoln [by] Gwendolyn Brooks [and others]. Published. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1967. Physical Description. 97 p. 21 cm. Notes.
This short book is a compilation of several papers given at the 1965 centennial commemoration of the burial of Abraham Lincoln. The eight chapters are each written by different people representing noted Lincoln scholars, politicians, and a Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
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Frederick G. Davies; A Portion of that Field: The Centennial of the Burial of Lincoln. By Gwendolyn Brooks, Otto Kerner, Allan Nevins, Paul M. Angle, Mark Van D
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The Gettysburg Address is the name given to a short speech (of just 268 words) that the US President Abraham Lincoln delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery (which is now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 19 November 1863. At the time, the American Civil War was still raging, and the ...
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
A Portion of that Field: The Centennial of the Burial of Lincoln Gwendolyn Brooks , Illinois State Historical Society University of Illinois Press , 1967 - History -...
