

My topic for National History Day this year is on the Battle of Gettysburg. It will be focused in on the effects of the battle on the town. I will also do some research on the Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the impact of the speech. I have some background knowledge on the topic already. I know that the battle took place from July 1st-3rd 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg is located in central Pennsylvania towards the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. There were many reasons why I chose this topic. First of all, I have already done research on Gettysburg when I was in middle school. Secondly, I have traveled to Gettysburg with my family many times, so I know much background information and have much appreciation for the history of it. I would like to further my knowledge on the battle. I am yet to figure out how this topic relates to this years theme of conflict and compromise. I am thinking that the compromise could have been that t he war eventually led to the molding of one nation, as opposed to having a nation bound by the north and south.