Address by Abraham Lincoln Memorial

When Abraham Lincoln stood at Gettysburg in November 1863, the featured speaker had already talked for two hours. Lincoln spoke for two minutes — just two hundred seventy words — and it is his that everyone remembers. He had come to dedicate a cemetery for the Union dead of that terrible July battle, but what he gave was a redefinition of the war and the country: a nation "conceived in liberty," tested to see whether it could endure, and a government "of the people, by the people, for the people." This memorial sets those words where veterans rest.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lehi Roller Mills — 5.4 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Thanksgiving Point — 8.3 mi
  A massive complex with dinosaur bones, gardens, and a curiosity museum
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 12 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Bingham Canyon Mine — 13 mi
  The largest man-made excavation on Earth

More markers nearby

• Utah's Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial — steps away
• United States Army Special Forces Monument — steps away
• Canine and Service Animals War Heros Memorial — steps away
• Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park — steps away