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位於賓州蓋茨堡的國家公墓是林肯於1863年發表蓋茨堡演說的地方
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美國政府於1862年7月17日下令興建國家公墓
「我們在此宣示：不能讓他們白白死去—我們要使這個國家在上帝的庇佑下，得到新生的自由—要使那民有、民治、民享的政府不致於從地球上消失。」
當賓州蓋茨堡的國家公墓於1863年11月9日落成時，林肯總統在他的演說中提到這些話。他的這篇簡短演講，也就是著名的蓋茨堡演講，同時也是美國歷史上最常被引用的一段話。
"We here highly resolved that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
President Lincoln spoke these words on November 19, 1863, as he dedicated the national battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His short speech became known as the Gettysburg Address and is one of the most often-quoted addresses in American history.
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