The brief speech—just 272 words arranged into ten sentences—was part of a dedication ceremony of a new national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, honoring the thousands of Union soldiers ...

Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that saved it. It is impossible to read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg ...

Lincoln’s speech, though just 271 words, served as a reminder to a war-weary public as to why the Union had to fight and win the Civil War. Four months earlier, the Battle of Gettysburg proved ...

lincoln at gettysburg; his great speech and how it was delivered. recollections of a "times" reporter which correct some errors in a recent correction. share full article. july 7, 1887.

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most memorable speeches in American history.Lincoln’s speech, though just 271 words, served as a ...

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