- “The
Gettysburg Address” from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/
This site includes drafts of the speech, Lincoln’s invitation to speak, and additional resources.
- “A
Reading of the Gettysburg Address,” from NPR (RealAudio or
Windows Media Player required)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1512410
To mark the 140th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, NPR’s Weekend Edition broadcast this reading of the speech by actor Sam Waterson.
- Abraham
Lincoln: Gettysburg Address, from the American Rhetoric Web site
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm
Along with a transcription of the speech, this site includes links to MP3s of the speech read by Jeff Daniels, Sam Waterson, and Johnny Cash.
- “The Gettysburg
Address,” from Our Documents
This U.S. government site features images of the Nicolay draft of the Address, historical background information, and a transcription of the text. (The Flash plug-in is required to navigate the image of the draft on this page.)
- “Gettysburg Eyewitness,” from NPR (RealAudio required)
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/990215.stories.html
From the NPR series Lost and Found Sounds, this resource features the memories of William V. Rathvon, who as a child was an eyewitness to Lincoln’s famous address.
- “Gettysburg’s ‘Hallowed Ground,’” from
NPR (RealAudio or
Windows Media Player required)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1305154
From NPR’s Weekend Edition, this story describes a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Links to related photos are included.
- President
Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address, from America’s
Story from America’s Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/gettysbg_1
This Library of Congress site includes some basic background information on the Gettysburg Address.
- The
Gettysburg Address, from Virtual
Gettysburg
http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/exhibit/lincoln/feature.html
View the different drafts of the Gettysburg Address at this site, which shows both images of the drafts and transcriptions that mark the differences among the drafts.
- The
Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
This site shows an imagined text for the Gettysburg Address, if Lincoln had had PowerPoint and a computer to work with.
- Recollections
of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, from Abraham Lincoln Online
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/news/recollect.htm
Read recollections of eyewitnesses to Lincoln’s speech.
- Images from the Battle
of Gettysburg, from The Valley Project
http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/images_search_results.html?q=db:images%20AND%20place_name:gettysburg&rows=50&start=0
This database search result shows images of the battle, its aftermath, and the surrounding area.
- The
American Civil War: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, from
The Making of a Nation—a program in Special
English
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2005-04-20-voa1.cfm
This story from Voice of America tells historical background on the speech. Read the transcript, or listen to the audio (requires Real Audio)
- Today in
History: November 19, from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov19.html
This site provides links to photos and additional resources, as well as information about the speech.
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