03/07/1880
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"Let us here give heed to the words of Abraham Lincoln."
"If our assembling In this place shall fitly honor those whom we wish remembered with gratitude, it will be because, beholding these scenes and contemplating the example of the heroes who made Gettysbu..."
"The honored dead who fought and perished will, therefore, be held in special and grateful remembrance."
"I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Thursday, the 30th instant, in respect to the memory of those who fell in defense of the Union, a..."