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, Calvin Coolidge (1928), Herbert Hoover (1930), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934). 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,[1] the Rostrum and Soldiers' National Monument are each rejected by the NPS's modern Cemetery Walking Tour brochure.[2] The brick pavilion was constructed in 1879 by P. J. and J. J. Tawney, temporarily extended in 1904, and is planned for restoration by 2013 (the "treillage of the Rostrum" was restored prior to 1970.)[3]

External images
c. 1903 photograph[4]
1911 photograph

References

  1. ↑ "Knox at Gettysburg". 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.
  2. ↑ National Park Service. "National Cemetery Walking Tour". Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Appendix A (GDG.org transcript of Memorandum), Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, September 30, 1969, retrieved 2011-11-24
  4. ↑ "Rostrum in Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg" (c. 1903 photograph). EncoreEditions.com. Retrieved 2011-11-24.

Coordinates: 39°49′04″N 77°13′55″W / 39.81786°N 77.23191°W