Gettysburg Address Historical Facts

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Although this book has many fictional characters and events, there are a lot of historical facts hidden inside. For example, Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on Thursday, November 19, 1863. This speech is one of the most famous speeches in history. Lincoln gave the speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. There are no photos of Lincoln giving the speech as cameras were very expensive, big, which made them hard to use. The Gettysburg Address is only 10 sentences long and lasted for only about 2 minutes. There are only 5 known drafts of the speech written in Lincoln’s handwriting. Lincoln delivered the speech at 2:00 in the afternoon. In 1761, Samuel Gettys founded Gettysburg, which is located in central Pennsylvania. Gettysburg had a population