160 years after its delivery, why is Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address still one of the most iconic speeches in American history?

Monday, September 5, 8:00 am – 11:00 pm, through Friday, December 15, 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
181 South College Avenue / Newark DE 19717-5267
Free
In-person
View exhibit https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/gettysburg-2023/

November 19, 2023, marks the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s consecration of the cemetery at Gettysburg with the Gettysburg Address. But why is it one of the most iconic speeches in American history?

This small exhibition, The Gettysburg Address in 2023: Words That Long Endure, looks at Lincoln’s enduring words, which measured the toll of the greatest casualties of the Civil War against the fight for the proposition at the heart of the nation’s identity. The exhibition is available online and onsite in the Lincoln case at Morris Library.