Gettysburg Rostrum
The Gettysburg Rostrum is a brick speaker's stand located at Gettysburg National Cemetery. It was Identified in 1908 as the location of the Gettysburg Address. However, it is now believed the address was given elsewhere. The pavilion was constructed in 1879 by P. J. and J. J. Tawney, extended in 1904, and was restored in 2013 for the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. The stand has been used by multiple presidents including Theodore Roosevelt (1904), William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge (1928), Herbert Hoover (1930), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934), and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1955).
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References
- ^ "Knox at Gettysburg" (PDF). The New York Times. May 31, 1908. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
Senator Knox spoke from the famous rostrum built on the spot where President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address in 1863.
- ^ "Where Did Lincoln Stand During the Gettysburg Address?". PBS North Carolina. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Gettysburg Compiler - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Maintenance by the War Department". www.gdg.org.
- ^ "1904 Reports". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ "Two Rostrums: Small Structures with Big History and Purpose". www.gwwoinc.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Gettysburg National Cemetery Entrance (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Rostrum in Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg" (c. 1903 photograph). EncoreEditions.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-11-24.