Which national cemetery was dedicated in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg?

Gettysburg National Cemetery was dedicated in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg. The cemetery was established for Union soldiers who died in the July 1863 battle, one of the Civil War’s largest and most consequential engagements.

Its dedication ceremony took place on November 19, 1863. The principal address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln, whose brief Gettysburg Address became one of the best-known speeches in American history.

Gettysburg National Cemetery is closely connected with the development of American remembrance traditions, although it is not the cemetery where the first national Decoration Day ceremony was held. Arlington National Cemetery, created earlier during the Civil War, became another major site for national Memorial Day observances.

The cemetery is part of Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. Its landscape preserves graves, monuments, and commemorative features associated with the Union dead and the wider memory of the Civil War.