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Source: AP
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) President Barack Obama will not attend next months event marking the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania, national park officials said.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will instead represent the administration the Nov. 19 sesquicentennial, officials at Gettysburg National Military Park said Wednesday.
Jewell and historian James McPherson will share the role of keynote speaker. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett also plans to attend the ceremony.
McPherson, a top Civil War historian who won the Pulitzer for Battle Cry of Freedom, said he was surprised by Obamas decision.
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