Gettysburg

[ get-iz-burg ]

noun

1. a borough in S Pennsylvania: Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; national cemetery and military park.

Gettysburg

/ ˈɡɛtɪzˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: scene of a crucial battle (1863) during the American Civil War, in which Meade's Union forces defeated Lee's Confederate army; site of the national cemetery dedicated by President Lincoln. Pop: 7825 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

In his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln elevated the logic and language of the Declaration of Independence to justify a Union victory, the emancipation of slaves and equality before the law as central to America’s purpose.

From Los Angeles Times

Saunders had, at President Lincoln’s request, designed the striking layout of Gettysburg national cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps children learning about the Civil War should first study Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and then, if they dare, listen to Trump’s incoherent, stream-of-unconsciousness “Gettysburg! Wow!”

From Salon

Takei recalled how his father taught him how the government “of the people, by the people and for the people,” as Abraham Lincoln put it in his Gettysburg Address, could also prove a weakness.

From Seattle Times

Abraham Lincoln said it best in the Gettysburg Address from November 19, 1863:

From Salon