150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address

November marks the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address  given by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863. The speech was 272 words and took 2 minutes to recite. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia administered the oath of citizenship at the 150th Anniversary ceremony at Soldiers’ National Cemetery.

Supreme Court Justice Antoin Scalia

The Crowd

Crowd under tree

Two Abes

Witness Tree Plaque

Sycamore Tree

The battlefield and fence

Gettysburg battlefield

150 Gettysburg banner

 

 

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