Leavenworth in Leavenworth County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Address by President Lincoln

At the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery

— November 19, 1863 —

Address by President Lincoln Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 20, 2025

1. Address by President Lincoln Marker

Inscription.
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.

Erected by National Cemetery Administration, Dept of Veterans Affairs.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the National Cemeteries series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is November 19, 1863.

Location. 39° 16.533′ N,

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94° 53.158′ W. Memorial is in Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County. It can be reached from South Obelisk Road. Marker is adjacent to the Carillon Plaza at Section 19 in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 150 Muncie Road, Leavenworth KS 66048, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Greater Kansas City.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A National Cemetery System (here, next to this marker); Carillon Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Soldiers and Sailors Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Thomas Brennan (about 600 feet away); Memorial Rostrum (about 700 feet away); Fourth Marine Division

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 20, 2025

2. Address by President Lincoln Marker

(approx. ¼ mile away); Leavenworth National Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leavenworth.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 49 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 24, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.