A battle is raging once again in Gettysburg, Pa., said Emily Bazar in USA Today, only this time, the fight is over a proposed casino. In July 1863, some 50,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed or injured at Gettysburg, in the battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. Later that year, President Lincoln chose Gettysburg to deliver what may be the greatest presidential address ever. It
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