Gettysburg College President Janet Morgan Riggs stands with director Steven Spielberg at the 149th annual Dedication Day ceremony. (Photo by Shawna Sherrell.)
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Place Created: Gettysburg, PA
Year Created: 2012
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This ceremony was held in Gettysburg PA on November 19th, 2012.
Since 1938, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania has been commemorating the anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with their Dedication Day program. November 19th was officially designated as Dedication Day by a Joint Resolution of Congress on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in 1946. In recent years, the National Park Service and the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College have joined with the Lincoln Fellowship in sponsoring the ceremonies.
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Citation: “Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & Remarks from Steven Spielberg.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 Nov. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8IOXOYIMb8.
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