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UC Students to Read Gettysburg Address

Event Celebrates Speech's 150th Anniversary

Written By Tyler Gardinier '14, PR Intern

Phi Alpha Theta history honor society students to read

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cleogrande@utica.edu

Utica, NY (11/18/2013)

- One of the most famous speeches in U.S. history  - the Gettysburg Address – will be 150 years old on Nov. 19. In honor of this great speech, students from UC’s Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (the National History Honor Society) will be reading the Gettysburg address on Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Strebel Student Center’s Ellen Knower Clarke Lounge.

Following the reading, Assistant Professor Christopher Fobare will provide commentary and lead a discussion of Lincoln’s address, the state of the Union in 1863, and the significance of both the state of the Union and the Gettysburg Address.

The reading and discussion is sponsored by the UC Center for Historical Research and Phi Alpha Theta-Gamma Xi.

The reading is free and open to everyone.

For more information on institutes and centers on campus visit, http://www.utica.edu/academic/institutes/

About Utica College – Utica College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive private institution offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The College, located in upstate central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls over 4,000 students in 38 undergraduate majors, 29 minors, 20 graduate programs and a number of pre-professional and special programs.