Which National Park Service unit includes the cemetery where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address?

Gettysburg National Military Park includes the cemetery where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, four months after the Battle of Gettysburg. The cemetery is within the broader Gettysburg National Military Park landscape.

The address was delivered during a ceremony honoring Union soldiers who died in the battle. Its brief remarks helped redefine the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation founded on equality and self-government.

A common mix-up is calling the location simply “Gettysburg Cemetery.” The formal historic name is Soldiers’ National Cemetery, while the National Park Service unit that protects the battlefield and related sites is Gettysburg National Military Park.