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Honest Abe visits Great Bend Public Library
Gettysburg address
The Gettysburg Address is read by Abraham Lincoln look-alike Steve Burns from Milberger. - photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
The featured speaker at the dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg, Edward Everett, spoke for more than two hours on Nov. 19, 1863. Then President Abraham Lincoln rose and spoke for less than two minutes, delivering the “Gettysburg Address.” It was 272 words long.Lincoln look-alike Steve Burns of Milberger read that address Thursday, during a free program at the Great Bend Public Library.