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Definition the Gettysburg Address in British English
the Gettysburg Address
/ˌɡetɪzbɜː(r)ɡ əˈdres/
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an important speech that was given by the US President Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War in 1863. It includes the famous expression 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'.
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