. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . usand survivors of theUnion armies met eleven thousand Con-federate veterans, sharing with them, inpeace and amity, in the semi-centennial celebra-tion of the Battle at Gettysburg. It was anevent unique in the history of human a renewed affirmation of the principle ofnational sovereignty, as superior to that of anysubordinate part, by a now invincible free people,it was of world-wide importance. Conceding allhonor and valor to the veterans of the Southerncause, conceding nothing at variance with theimmortal sentences
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . usand survivors of theUnion armies met eleven thousand Con-federate veterans, sharing with them, inpeace and amity, in the semi-centennial celebra-tion of the Battle at Gettysburg. It was anevent unique in the history of human a renewed affirmation of the principle ofnational sovereignty, as superior to that of anysubordinate part, by a now invincible free people,it was of world-wide importance. Conceding allhonor and valor to the veterans of the Southerncause, conceding nothing at variance with theimmortal sentences spoken there by AbrahamLincoln, the soldiers of the North took the grayConfederates to their hearts and together theywrote a new and enduring pact and sealed itwith the red seal of that field of fields; andwhere these men, once armed enemies, now com-rades under one flag, stood face to face, their aged bodies young oncemore with patriotic ecstasy, a great temple will arise, and on its wallsof marble and bronze will be recited the last chapter of the story which. 257 began at Sumter. Those who were thus briefly gathered must soon passto their eternal bivouac, but centuries hence the message to posterityhere and then written will stir the souls and inspire the united actionof all patriots when our country is endangered from abroad or threatenedby dictators from within. SEMI-CENTENNIAL REUNION AT GETTYSBURG, JULY 1st TO JULY 4th, 1913 THE movement which culminated in the great and impressivegathering of Union and Confederate veterans upon the fieldof Gettysburg, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of thebattle at that place, originated at a meeting of citizens ofGettysburg invited by Col. John P Nicholson, Chairman of the U. Battlefield Commission, held for the discussion of the pro-ject on the evening of September 8th, 1908. At a subsequent meetingheld in the Court House a local committee was organized. The Fiftieth Anniversary Commission of the Battle of Gett
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