Gettysburg Address, world-famous speech delivered by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication (November 19, 1863) of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (July 1-3, 1863). It was preceded by a two-hour speech by Edward Everett.
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's ...
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Read the complete transcript of Abraham Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. Learn about the historical context, literary devices, and rhetorical devices of this famous address.
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Read the full text of the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Compare different versions of the speech in Lincoln's handwriting and learn about its historical context and significance.
The Gettysburg Address
Learn about the context, meaning and impact of President Abraham Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in 1863. The Gettysburg Address connected the Civil War with the principles of human equality and the Declaration of Independence.
November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address
Read the full text of the speech that Lincoln delivered on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Learn about the historical context, the meaning, and the legacy of this famous address.
The Gettysburg Address
Read the full text of President Lincoln's speech delivered on November 19, 1863, as transcribed by Cornell University. Compare it with the early drafts at the Library of Congress.
The Gettysburg Address (1863)
Read the full text of Lincoln's famous speech at the dedication of a national cemetery near the Gettysburg battlefield. Learn how he embraced the Declaration of Independence and committed to a new birth of freedom after the Civil War.
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02:17. Sam Waterston - Performance of Gettysburg Address. Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated ...
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Book/Printed Material Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg Pa. Nov. 19th, 1863. [n. p. n. d.]. About this Item. On verso: Gift Verner W. Clapp, July 9, 1952. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 45.
Gettysburg Address
Learn about the famous speech that President Abraham Lincoln delivered at the dedication of the Gettysburg Civil War Cemetery in 1863. The speech tied the current struggle to the principles of liberty and equality in the Declaration of Independence and the abolition of slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln A Speech on the Occasion of the Dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania November 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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Gettysburg Address
Read the full text of President Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg Battlefield in 1863. Learn about the historical context, the preparation, and the impact of this famous address.
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March 4, 1861: First Inaugural Address
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Photograph courtesy of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Nicolay Copy. ... Historians believe that Lincoln began work on the speech in Washington and finished the text while in Gettysburg. John Nicolay, one of Lincoln's personal secretaries, was responsible for the president's papers and this copy remained in his possession ...
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The source of this small sample of speeches is The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler. Introductions to individual documents are by Abraham Lincoln Online. Documents housed on other Web sites are noted as such. Lyceum Address, 1838 An early speech which reveals Lincoln's attitude toward government. Temperance Address, 1842
The President's Last Public Address
The President's Last Public Address. We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained. In the midst of this, however; He from whom all blessings flow ...
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March 4, 1865: Second Inaugural Address
Presidential Speeches | Abraham Lincoln Presidency March 4, 1865: Second Inaugural Address. Transcript. Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting ...
July 4, 1861: July 4th Message to Congress
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December 3, 1861: First Annual Message
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That young man was of course Abraham Lincoln, and he would go on to preside over the closest this country has ever come to near national suicide, our civil war, and yet embedded in his extraordinary, disturbing, and prescient words is also a fundamental optimism that implicitly acknowledges the geographical forcefield two mighty oceans east and ...
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Gettysburg Address, world-famous speech delivered by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication (November 19, 1863) of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (July 1-3, 1863). It was preceded by a two-hour speech by Edward Everett.
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's ...
Read the complete transcript of Abraham Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. Learn about the historical context, literary devices, and rhetorical devices of this famous address.
Read the full text of the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Compare different versions of the speech in Lincoln's handwriting and learn about its historical context and significance.
Learn about the context, meaning and impact of President Abraham Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in 1863. The Gettysburg Address connected the Civil War with the principles of human equality and the Declaration of Independence.
Read the full text of the speech that Lincoln delivered on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Learn about the historical context, the meaning, and the legacy of this famous address.
Read the full text of President Lincoln's speech delivered on November 19, 1863, as transcribed by Cornell University. Compare it with the early drafts at the Library of Congress.
Read the full text of Lincoln's famous speech at the dedication of a national cemetery near the Gettysburg battlefield. Learn how he embraced the Declaration of Independence and committed to a new birth of freedom after the Civil War.
02:17. Sam Waterston - Performance of Gettysburg Address. Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated ...
Book/Printed Material Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg Pa. Nov. 19th, 1863. [n. p. n. d.]. About this Item. On verso: Gift Verner W. Clapp, July 9, 1952. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 45.
Learn about the famous speech that President Abraham Lincoln delivered at the dedication of the Gettysburg Civil War Cemetery in 1863. The speech tied the current struggle to the principles of liberty and equality in the Declaration of Independence and the abolition of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln A Speech on the Occasion of the Dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania November 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Read the full text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863. Learn about the historical context, the textual authentication, and the legacy of this address.
Explore the writings of the 16th president, from his famous oratory to his humorous stories. Learn how Lincoln expressed his views on slavery, religion, racial inequality and the fractured nation.
Learn about some of the important speeches given by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Find out the dates, locations and topics of his speeches, from Peoria to Gettysburg.
Read the full text of President Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg Battlefield in 1863. Learn about the historical context, the preparation, and the impact of this famous address.
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil W...
Learn about the most famous and influential speeches by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. From his Lyceum Address to his Second Inaugural Address, explore the historical context, themes and impact of his oratory.
More Abraham Lincoln speeches View all Abraham Lincoln speeches. July 4, 1861: July 4th Message to Congress transcript icon. December 3, 1861: First Annual Message transcript icon. December 1, 1862: Second Annual Message transcript icon. January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation transcript icon.
Photograph courtesy of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Nicolay Copy. ... Historians believe that Lincoln began work on the speech in Washington and finished the text while in Gettysburg. John Nicolay, one of Lincoln's personal secretaries, was responsible for the president's papers and this copy remained in his possession ...
The source of this small sample of speeches is The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler. Introductions to individual documents are by Abraham Lincoln Online. Documents housed on other Web sites are noted as such. Lyceum Address, 1838 An early speech which reveals Lincoln's attitude toward government. Temperance Address, 1842
The President's Last Public Address. We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained. In the midst of this, however; He from whom all blessings flow ...
In his famous 1858 speech, Abraham Lincoln warned that only civil war would resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. He wasn't wrong. In his House Divided speech, Lincoln feared the outcome of ...
Presidential Speeches | Abraham Lincoln Presidency March 4, 1865: Second Inaugural Address. Transcript. Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting ...
More Abraham Lincoln speeches View all Abraham Lincoln speeches. December 3, 1861: First Annual Message transcript icon. December 1, 1862: Second Annual Message transcript icon. January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation transcript icon. August 26, 1863: Public Letter to James Conkling transcript icon.
More Abraham Lincoln speeches View all Abraham Lincoln speeches. December 1, 1862: Second Annual Message transcript icon. January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation transcript icon. August 26, 1863: Public Letter to James Conkling transcript icon. November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address transcript icon.
That young man was of course Abraham Lincoln, and he would go on to preside over the closest this country has ever come to near national suicide, our civil war, and yet embedded in his extraordinary, disturbing, and prescient words is also a fundamental optimism that implicitly acknowledges the geographical forcefield two mighty oceans east and ...