Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by US President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, dedicated to the casualties of the battle at Gettysburg. It was one of the most famous speeches in American history.
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Maesin22If you truly believe you have an authentic signed copy of the Gettysburg Address you should probably contact the Smithsonian...
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Its beautiful I should know,I live there on weekends yeah ive lived in Gettysburg most my life. it is pretty More importantly,...
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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"...from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that...
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he has a dream that all men and women black and white will come together as one
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Lincoln's aim in his Gettysburg Address was to extol liberty and honor the people fighting for our nation who died in hope that...
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The historical importance of the Gettysburg Address is that the Civil War as not only a struggle for the Union, but also as a new...
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People came to hear the other speaker. It was not considered an important speech at the time.
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The Gettysburg Address retold Lincoln's primary themes: the nation's history as a single entity, the glory of devotion to the...
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To suggest Biblical gravitas
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It may be so old a saying that you won't be able to find an original attribution. To go a bit older than 1964: according to...
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Winning the war.The great task ahead of us was referring to ending the war and bind the nation's wounds and to bring the south...
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The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted famous speeches in...
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The youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize so far is Mairead Corrigan. She was 32 years old when she received the award...
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President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
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It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday,...
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Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the...
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The speech basically speaks for itself. He wanted to remind his audience that former generations had tilled the soils to make the...
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Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated...
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The battle was fought from July 1, through July 3, 1863
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It is included among the top ten pieces or oratory ever presented and consistently ranks among the top five. It is adored by...
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this is what it is all about; "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation:...
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". . . from the earth"
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Four score and seventy years ago our forefathers brought forth upon this Continent a new Nation. Concived in Liberty and...
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It was exactly as long as it needed to be. Another paragraph, and it would have been too long. Hence, one cannot say it was "so...
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Because the battle of Gettysburg, in which a lot of people died.
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You have misquoted Mr. Lincoln, Abraham, that is. He said, "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it...
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it means 87 years ago some people A.M.D.E. ( Assistant Manager for Defense and Energy Programs)a new country that brought us...
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First Answer: It shattered Lee's attempt at invasion to the North and placed the Confederacy into a permanent defensive...
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I heard this one as "A man is known by the company he keeps and how well he keeps it." Basically, people know what kind of person...
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It's a misquote from Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam:27, 1850. Hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow...
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NOT J.P.Getty's family - despite what he claimed in his memoirs.It was founded by a French family called Gettys, where the first...
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A The mood of the Gettysburg address...-sad-encouraging -in memory of...
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The Gettysburg address was written and delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on Thursday, November 19, 1863 at the Soldiers'...
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The actual count may be 268 or 270 words, more or less. There are five known manuscripts, and there are small differences in...
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It was to rally the people and to focus their attention on the need to win the war so that the ideals of the founding fathers...
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The Gettysburg Address was brilliantly written and perfectly concise. It captured the positive spirit of the people of the United...
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A Democracy, "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
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Because there are a few known versions of the speech, modern scholars disagree as to its exact wording, and contemporary...
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On November 2, 1863, several months after the Battle of Gettysburg David Wills invited President Lincoln to make a 'few...
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It's called the "Sermon on the Mount", and you can find it in the Gospels of Matthew ( Chapters 5-7) and Luke ( 6: 20-49).
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shall not perish from the earth
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Lincoln's Gettysburg address is less than 300 words, only 9 sentences and took less than 3 minutes to say.
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It was two minutes, at first he thought his speech was a failure, but It was actually good.:)
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I've been doing research on this topic and I know he definitely changed it numerous times.
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Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address on November 18, 1863. Though the speech was very short, it held great meaning...
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Supposedly the speech was written on the train Mr. Lincoln was riding to the dedication ceremony where he delivered it. That...
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AnswerAbraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address speech in 1863. The message "The Gettysburg Address" communicated with our...
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A score is twenty, so it means eighty-seven years ago.
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That America was not indiviual states but a unified nation.
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I'm not sure, but I think he was trying to tell everyone that the war was finally over and that we could go back to our normal...
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Four score and seven equals 87 years.
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Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address in Washington, and revised it during his ride by train to Gettysburg, which is about 90...
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November 19 1863
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The Gettysburg Address is called an Oration.
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"that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of...
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that decrees all people to be equal as was written in the Declaration of Independence and the...
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That all men are equal. That there is no difference between man kind. That the race is no different and all are equal to one...
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== The Gettysburg address was an attempt by Lincoln, a successful attempt at that, to dispel the established ideas of State...
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The term "key note speaker" was not in use at the time of the Civil War. The primary speaking attraction at the dedication of...
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Don't know who was the very last, but you can see a whole lot of good ol' boys in their Nineties in a YouTube clip of the 75th...
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The Gettysburg Address can be found in Washington D.C. It is on display for the Public to see.
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The Gettysburg Address was written to free slaves and because Abraham Lincoln wanted to create all men equal. -this is actually...
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The speech often called "The Gettysburg Address" is more properly called "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address" and was given by...
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The Gettysburg address was written to dedicate a cemetery to those who had lost their lives fighting for what they believed in...
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What are the multiples of 6? 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72, 78, 84, 90, 96, 102, 108, 114, 120, 126, 132, 138,...
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President Lincoln spoke the Gettysburg Address on the occasion of the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg. In his short...
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This speech was the Gettysburg Address, given by Lincoln at the dedication of the new national cemetery for the many, many men...
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well,we all know bird is the word
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they are rubbish
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no no no no no no no
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Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address on November 19th, 1863, in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Another answerOfficially...
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President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on Thursday, November 19, 1863.
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He made it clear that democracy, a united country, and abolition of slavery were causes worth fighting for to the bitter end. ...
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The Union victory effectively stopped Lee's invasion of the North. That was the military impact of the Battle of Gettysburg. ...
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It was a speech given on the occasion of the opening of national cemetery. It was given by Abraham Lincoln on Nov 19 th, 1863...
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It was important because it brought our nation back together.
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87. A score is 20yrs.
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The Gettysburg Address was delivered on November 19, 1863.
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The opening line is: "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in...
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President Abraham Lincoln made this famous speech to dedicate the national cemetery at Gettysburg, PA,
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The most famous speech given by Lincoln was the Gettysburg Address, a short speech at the dedication of a battlefield monument on...
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The Union Army won and this battle marked a major turning point in the War.
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This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the...
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The answer is slightly more complicated than the question. Most of the soldiers at Gettysburg had rifled muskets, such as the...
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Yes. In the battle of Gettysburg Major General John Fulton Reynolds died. It was called "The Great Fall of Reynolds.
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The message was that all men are equal and there isn't a single drop of difference in men. The ideals are still relevant for our...
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Gettysburg in Modern times Freedom and equality still stand in the USA for all of it's citizens. Also, now we are at war with...
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