Synonyms for gettysburg
ˈgɛt ɪzˌbɜrgget·tys·burg

Princeton's WordNet

1. Gettysburgnoun

   a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery

2. Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburgnoun

   a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union

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1. Stephen Breyer:

   I will tell you what Lincolnthought and what Washingtonthought and what people todaystill think.It's an experiment, associated Press's an experiment.That's what they said.And Joanna [ Breyer's wife ] paid each of our grandchildrencertain amount of money tomemorize the Gettysburg Address.What I want the students to pickup, if I can remember, are thefirst two lines, ‘ Four score andseven years ago, our forefathersbrought upon -- created a newcountry.A country that was dedicated toliberty and the proposition thatall men are created equal.Conceived in liberty. ’.

2. Jill Biden:

   War and conflict, death and loss are not relics of our American history; they're a part of Americans' story. Here in Arlington lie heroes who gave what President Lincoln called ‘the last full measure of devotion,’ they did not only die at Gettysburg or in Flanders Field or on the beaches of Normandy, but in the mountains of Afghanistan, the deserts of Iraq in the last 20 years.

3. Katie Lawhon:

   The story of his valor and sacrifice at the center of the Union battle line ... is a very inspiring story to a lot of people who study Gettysburg.

4. Barack Obama:

   [Foreigners] might not know the Gettysburg Address.

5. President Barack Obama:

   As our country struggled for its survival, President Lincoln dedicated the battlefield at Gettysburg as a final resting place for those who died here that the nation might live, today, the nation that lived pauses to pay tribute to one of those who died there.