Abraham Lincoln actually said...

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground.

Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [Gettysburg Address]

11/18/1863

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