President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Abraham Lincoln’s Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People’ The president’s humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

It was with good reason that Lincoln, as devoted a student of the Declaration of Independence as any American president—with the possible exception of its author, Thomas Jefferson—pointed to the ...

President Abraham Lincoln in his study in the 1860s. Fotosearch/Getty Images. With all of that as background, Lincoln began his address by asking a question: "Who were our fathers that framed the ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stop at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Dayton in 1859. Log In. ... In honor of that visit, we went into the archives for more on Lincoln’s 1859 speech in Dayton.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

In lieu of a traditional concession speech, the Wyoming congresswoman and daughter of the former vice president delivered a picturesque, made-for-TV call to arms invoking Abraham Lincoln and ...

I have no time for long speeches," president-elect Abraham Lincoln said when his train stopped in February 1861 in Alliance on his way from Illinois to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.

Turns out he was right—at least about one of the speeches. Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power." ...