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Original Copy of Gettysburg Address On Display

You can find the original Gettysburg Address on display.

 

It’s at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library And Museum.

 

The original handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address will be on display from the speech’s anniversary on Nov. 19th through Nov. 30th. 

 

Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum says that this handwritten copy of his address is a national treasure, and she hopes everyone will come see it in person.

 

The state of Illinois has owned this copy of the address since 1944 when the state’s children helped raise money to buy it from private owners. 

 

The museum is also launching a web tool you can use to learn more about the address when you scan a QR code available at the exhibit. 

 

More information at PresidentLincoln.illinois.gov. 

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