President Lincoln Gives Speech at Gettysburg Dedication
Posted 4:45 p.m. MST, Feb. 21, 2007
President Abraham Lincoln addressed 15,000 people in the afternoon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1863. He spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Lincoln gave a short speech about human equality. His 3-minute speech followed Edward Everett’s 2-hour speech.
Lincoln started with “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.” His voice stressed the importance that all men are created equal. Lincoln then went on to talk about how we are now engaged in a civil war. The purpose of his speech was to dedicate the cemetery in the same place where four and a half months ago the Battle of Gettysburg took place and claimed 15,000 lives.
In the last part of his speech, Lincoln made it cleat that we need to “take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” It was very clear that this speech was given for our nation so that we would not perish, but join together in freedom and finish the war.
In remarks about his speech, Lincoln said, “I felt inspired actually… the words that I chose did not come easily… I felt guided writing them.” According to our President, this speech only took two hours to write.
The feeling surrounding Gettysburg on Wednesday afternoon was a very somber one.
Lincoln mentioned that we had been successful in the war effort and that several amendments to the constitution were needed to reshape this country. Lincoln also said that we would need years of recovery to raise up the war torn and that the only way to accomplish that would be to extend a helping hand to those in need. Lincoln’s speech will have a lasting effect for years to come so “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom”
5 comments:
Your story was very touching and full of detail. I think you touched upon every aspect of his speech/story. Good work!
good job! i liked how you added in some facts that we didn't talk about in class. also i think you ment to say "clear" instead of "cleat"... other than that well written!
Great story. I was digging it. Good use of quotes too.
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Really good story, you had a lot of good facts.
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