Which speech is commemorated by one of the five 2026 America250 quarters?

The Gettysburg Address is commemorated by one of the five 2026 America250 quarters.

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The brief speech reflected on the Civil War and the meaning of equality and self-government.

The quarter’s obverse features Lincoln, while the reverse shows two hands grasping each other and includes wording associated with the speech. Its inclusion extends the anniversary coin series beyond the founding era to a later moment when Americans debated whether the nation’s founding principles would survive.

The Gettysburg Address is not the same as Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, another famous presidential speech. Nor is it a Revolutionary-era document; it was delivered nearly nine decades after the Declaration of Independence.