Downtown in San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Address by President Lincoln

Photographed by James Hulse, March 23, 2023

1. Address by President Lincoln Marker

Inscription. At the Dedication of
the Gettysburg National Cemetery
November 19, 1863.

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 cannot 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 -

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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.

To the Memory of the Loyal People
of 1861-1865
Who Secured to Posterity
the Perpetuation of the Union.

Erected 1925 by The Grand Army of the Republic, E.O.C. Ord Post No. 3, Woman's Relief CORPS No. 5, Stanley Circle Ladies G.A.R.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list. A significant historical date for this entry is November 19, 1863.

Location. 29° 25.383′ N, 98° 29.356′ W. Marker is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of North Presa Street and West Market Street, on the right when traveling north on North Presa Street. The marker is located on the west side of the Briscoe Western Art Museum building. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Antonio TX 78205, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Texas.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Pajalache Acequia (Ditch) (within shouting distance of this marker); Padre Damian Massanet's Table (within shouting distance of this marker); Presa Street Crossing

The Address by President Lincoln Marker is located along the outside wall of the museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 23, 2023

2. The Address by President Lincoln Marker is located along the outside wall of the museum

(within shouting distance of this marker); La Villita And The River (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Mill Crossing (within shouting distance of this marker); Quanah Parker (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Goodnight (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Naming of San Antonio (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Antonio.

More about this marker. This location is not where this tablet was originally placed. An article (no byline) in the February 8, 1925 issue of the San Antonio Express announced that it was to be “placed on the San Antonio post office building” and that “Margaret Bush, 2½-year-old great granddaughter of General Sam Houston” will unveil the tablet on Lincoln’s birthday at a ceremony complete with music “under the auspices of the G. A. R. Ladies Auxiliary of the G. A. R. E. O. C. Ord Post of the Women’s Relief Corps” that is to begin at 4 PM.

In 1925, the main San Antonio post office was located in the Federal Building at 615 E. Houston Street, a nine minute walk north and east of here. That building was replaced with the current building,

The view of the Address by President Lincoln Marker from the street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 23, 2023

3. The view of the Address by President Lincoln Marker from the street

the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse, in 1937.

Also see . . . Dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery, November 19, 1863. Smithsonian Institution website entry (Submitted on February 17, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 365 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.