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Brad Gottfried

Dr. Brad Gottfried is the author of 16 Civil War books, including "Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address" (2021), which he co-wrote with his wife, Linda. He is also a Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide.

Gettysburg Licensed Town Guides offers tours of Gettysburg’s rich African American history this weekend

January 11, 2022January 10, 2022 by Brad Gottfried
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In honor of Martin Luther King Weekend, the Gettysburg Licensed Town Guides are offering one-hour walking tours of Gettysburg’s rich African American history. The tours are on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. “Here are some of the site that may be included in the tour: We know little about Rev.

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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: An Immortal Speech That Almost Didn’t Happen

November 5, 2021 by Brad Gottfried
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This month, we celebrate a speech that was almost not given. We all know that Abraham Lincoln ventured to Gettysburg on the evening of November 18, 1863 to give “a few appropriate words” the following day, but his presence was fraught with difficulties and almost didn’t happen. David Wills, Gettysburg attorney, and Pennsylvania Agent appointed

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