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(November 19, 1863) Speech by US President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the national cemetery on the battlefield of Gettysburg. It ended by describing democracy as 'government of the people, by the people, and for the people'.

Gettysburg Address

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the most famous and most quoted of modern speeches. The final version of the address prepared by Lincoln, differing in detail from the spoken address, reads: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at dedication ceremonies for a national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The featured speaker, Edward Everett , gave a two-hour oration, but it was Lincoln's brief remarks that have come to be recognized as classic. The address, expressing grief for the dead…
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✣Key Facts Conflict: American Civil War Time Period: Mid-19th Century Genre: Speech OVERVIEW Delivered during the American Civil War on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln's “Gettysburg Address” is one of the most recognizable pieces of Civil War literature and one of the most celebrated speeches in…
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From Encyclopedia of American Studies
Lithograph of Lincoln's address at the dedication...
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln stood before a crowd of fifteen thousand to deliver a few appropriate remarks in commemoration of the dead in the Battle of Gettysburg. The circumsta... …
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From Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America
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Author Abraham Lincoln Date 1863 Type Military; Presidential/Executive; Speeches/Addresses Significance Considered one of the most eloquent speeches ever delivered by a U.S. President, focusing on the principles of liberty and equality for which the Civil War had been fought Overview On November 19, …
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
Union soldiers who died in the three fierce days of battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1–3 July 1863), were buried in a cemetery specially created by a corporation of northern states. The leading orator of the day, Edward Everett of Massachusetts, was asked to deliver the funeral oration at the…
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From Encyclopedia of African-American Politics
President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg...
The Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, is one of the most important documents in the African-American struggle for freedom and equality. It, along with Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, is also one of the most familiar speeches in American…
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War . Lincoln was speaking at the dedication of a soldiers' cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg . The opening and closing lines are particularly memorable: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the first president elected from the fledgling Republican Party. Soon after the election, civil war erupted between the Northern and Southern states over the issue of slavery and the right of the Southern states to secede from the Union. Four months…
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From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
In late June 1863, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded the North and got as far as Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where it encountered Meade's Army of the Potomac. Three days and some 40,000 combined casualties later, in one of the decisive events of the Civil War, the battle of Gettysburg was over, …
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Although scarcely 250 words long, Abraham Lincoln's “Gettysburg Address” ranks as one of the most significant assertions of the United States' commitment to political equality and representative democracy made by an American president. Lincoln delivered his address on November 19, 1863, during the…
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