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Who was the keynote speaker at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery during the Civil War?
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Short answer: Edward Everett of Massachusetts.
Everett, a statesman and a renowned orator, perhaps the most famous of the day, was asked to give the main address at the dedication of the cemetery. In the style of the day, he offered an ornate two-hour oration, "The Battles of Gettysburg," reviewing the battle of Gettysburg and relating it to great battles of the ages.
An invitation was extended to President Lincoln to speak as well, to "formally set apart these grounds to their sacred use by a few appropriate remarks". The result was, of course, his famous "Gettysburg Address".
In fact, Everett wrote to Lincoln afterward and compared their speeches with the remark, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes."
Two other speakers were included in the ceremony: the Rev Thomas H. Stockton, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate (and previously Chaplain of the House of Representatives), offered the opening prayer; the Rev Henry Louis Baugher, Lutheran pastor and President of nearby Pennsylvania College (later renamed "Gettysburg College") gave the benediction. (To complete the program -- the spoken remarks and prayers alternated with two band pieces and two choral selections, one of he latter having been especially composed for the occasion.)
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