Herbert Hoover actually said...

Every American's thought of this great battlefield of Gettysburg flashes with the instant vision of the lonely figure of Lincoln, whose immortal words dominate this scene.

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Memorial Day Address at Gettysburg Battlefield

05/29/1930

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