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    11 hours ago

    In this vein,

    In July 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a speech at Gettysburg to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle. 25 veterans from the original battle attended. They were filmed, on movie film, walking in the parade.

    (This vignette opens the Ken Burns documentary)