Stream this free 7-minute documentary about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with your students. Four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln dedicated part of the battlefield as the Soldiers' National Cemetery. TOPICS COVERED: • On November 19, 1863, Lincoln dedicated the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg with a speech of just 272 words, delivered in under two minutes. • Edward Everett, the featured speaker, had spoken for two hours and 13,000