Gettysburg Rostrum

The Gettysburg Rostrum is a Gettysburg Battlefield venue for historical commemorations which have included addresses by US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1904), William Howard Taft,[1] Calvin Coolidge (1928), Herbert Hoover (1930), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934).[2] The facility has been most often used during Decoration Day (May) and Dedication Day (November) ceremonies, but has been used for other events such as the Pennsylvania Days commemoration during Camp Samuel Harper in September 1889. Identified in 1908 as the location of the Gettysburg Address,[3] the Rostrum and Soldiers' National Monument are each rejected by the NPS's modern Cemetery Walking Tour brochure.[4] The brick pavilion was constructed in 1879[5] by P. J. and J. J. Tawney,[6] temporarily extended in 1904,[7] and is planned for restoration by 2013[8] (the "treillage of the Rostrum" was restored prior to 1970.).[9]

External images
image icon c. 1903 photograph[10]
image icon 1911 photograph

References

  1. ↑ "The Branford Opinion - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  2. ↑ "rostrum gettysburg - Google Search". www.google.com.
  3. ↑ "Knox at Gettysburg" (PDF). The New York Times. May 31, 1908. Retrieved 2011-11-24. Senator Knox spoke from the famous rostrum built on the spot where President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address in 1863.
  4. ↑ National Park Service. "National Cemetery Walking Tour" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Gettysburg Compiler - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ↑ "Maintenance by the War Department". www.gdg.org.
  7. ↑ "1904 Reports". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  8. ↑ Writer, SCOT ANDREW PITZER Times Staff. "Historic cemetery rostrum getting facelift". GettysburgTimes.com.
  9. ↑ Appendix A (GDG.org transcript of Memorandum), Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, September 30, 1969, retrieved 2011-11-24
  10. ↑ "Rostrum in Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg" (c. 1903 photograph). EncoreEditions.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-11-24.

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