Gettysburg Address Plaque - Hartford CT
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The Gettysburg Address Plaque is located on the ground floor of the Connecticut State Capitol Building in Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WMMF70
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2014
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Behind and to the left of a replica of the Liberty Bell is a bronze plaque with a bas-relief sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. On the left is the year he was born,
1809. On the right is the year he died,
1865. Below is inscribed the Gettysburg Address he delivered at the dedication of the military cemetery in Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863. The plaque is inscribed:
1809 {RIGHT PROFILE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN} 1865
FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT, A NEW NATION, CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY, AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CIVIL WAR, TESTING WHETHER THAT NATION, OR ANY NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO DEDICATED, CAN LONG ENDURE. WE ARE MET ON A GREAT BATTLE-FIELD OF THAT WAR. WE HAVE COME TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD, AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT LIVE. IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS.
BUT, IN A LARGER SENSE, WE CAN NOT DEDICATE - WE CAN NOT CONSECRATE - WE CAN NOT HALLOW - THIS GROUND. THE BRAVE MEN, LIVING AND DEAD, WHO STRUGGLED HERE, HAVE CONSECRATED IT, FAR ABOVE OUR POOR POWER TO ADD OR DETRACT. THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE, NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE, BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE. IT IS FOR US, THE LIVING, RATHER TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED. IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US - THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION; THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN; THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM; AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH.
Nov. 19, 1863 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
PRESENTED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONNECTICUT WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
TO THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, APRIL 9TH 1927