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.

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most memorable speeches in American history.

The controversy that has arisen over the circumstances attending the delivery of Abraham Lincoln's brief speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery suggests the reflection that what is ...