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Under a bright and warm sun, on a warm November afternoon, more than to.ono gathered Tuesday in the Gettysburg National Cemetery for services marking the looth anniversary of Lincoln’s dedication of the sacred burial ground.When former President Dwight D. Eisenhower rededicated the area, the scene appeared almost a duplication of the photograph taken 100 years ago—the raised platform with the speakers anddistinguished guests, and the great mass of people crowding the cemetery lawn.General Eisenhower called on the American people to rally to the “cause of freedom and equality for all.’*At the conclusion of his prepared address the former President put away his glasses and added:REDEDICATION“My friends. Lincoln reminded his hearers that they had no power to dedicate this ground. So we. today have no power to reded ic ate it. But with the playing of ‘taps,* the soldier's farewell, we can riiare the grief of every family who has heard that a son or father or sweetheart has fall-!en. If we can but do this, we will begin to do our part to solve theunfinished businesa of which Lincoln spoke.**The former president received a long standing ovation beforeand after speaking.For the ceremony the speakers stand had been constructed facing south near the edge of the circular headstones marking the graves erf Civil War dead. The U. S. 3rd Infantry, the Valley
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Nov 20, 1963
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