Gettysburg Rostrum

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	c. 1903 photograph
	1911 photograph

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.^[1] However, it is now believed the address was given elsewhere.^[2] The pavilion was constructed in 1879^[3] by P. J. and J. J. Tawney,^[4] extended in 1904,^[5] and was restored in 2013 for the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.^[6] 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).^[7]

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.

39°49′04″N 77°13′55″W / 39.81786°N 77.23191°W / 39.81786; -77.23191

[1] "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.

[2] "Where Did Lincoln Stand During the Gettysburg Address?". PBS North Carolina. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

[3] "Gettysburg Compiler - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

[4] "Maintenance by the War Department". www.gdg.org.

[5] "1904 Reports". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

[6] "Two Rostrums: Small Structures with Big History and Purpose". www.gwwoinc.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

[7] "Gettysburg National Cemetery Entrance (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

[8] "Rostrum in Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg" (c. 1903 photograph). EncoreEditions.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-11-24.

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