On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War. Reception of Lincolns Gettysburg Address was initially mixed, divided strictly along partisan lines. Nevertheless, the little speech, as he later called it, is thought by many today to be the most eloquent articulation of the democratic vision ever written. taken from History
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:40:51 +0000