Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
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 battlefield 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 deadwe 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.
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Nov. 19, 1863
Abraham Lincoln
Presented to the Grand Army of the Republic, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in memory of my father, Theodore Henry Cazeau, Co. M. 8th. New York Volunteer Cavalry, Captain Henry Lomb Camp No. 100, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Theodore Charles Cazeau, Past Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Erected 1933 by Captain Henry Lomb Camp No. 100, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Theodore Charles Cazeau, Past Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 39° 49.851′ N, 77° 13.835′ W. Memorial is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is on York Street (U.S. 30) east of Lincoln Square
Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The David Wills House (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Wills House (a few steps from this marker); Return Visit (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Wills House (a few steps from this marker); Old Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Center Square (within shouting distance of this marker); The Globe Inn (within shouting distance of this marker); Lincoln Square Building (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
Other markers no longer nearby. The Wills House (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Return Visit (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Additional commentary.
1. About the memorial
While most plaques featuring the text of the Gettysburg Address do not serve as historical markers or war memorials on their own, this plaque has been included as a war memorial because of its dedication to a Civil War veteran.
— Submitted November 14, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 2 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
