That was just Lincoln trying to sound Biblical about the Declaration of Independence (1776) as he made the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
Four score and seven years ago is 87 years. A score is 20 years, so 4*20=80. Add the seven and you have 87 years. The phrase is most often quoted from the 1863 Gettysburg Address, in which Abraham Lincoln was declaring how long it had been since the country was founded in 1776.
87 Years. A score is 20, so 4 score and 7 is 87, Lincoln used this term in the Gettysburg Address. But this word is an old term used with this meaning.
A score is 20, so four score would be 80, plus 7. Four score and seven years ago would be 87 years ago that Lincoln is referring to in his Gettysburg Address
87 years?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
A speech delivered by President Lincoln in 1863 commemorating Independence Day. Four scores and seven years: 4 scores x 20 years/score + 7 yrs.= 80 yrs + 7 yrs. = 87 years 1863 - 87 = 1776 which was the year the then United States declared independence on July 4.
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
'Four score and seven years ago...'
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
Abraham Lincoln gave the, "Four score and seven years ago," speech.
the ideals were four scores and seven years ago
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
Four score and seven years ago
Four score and seven years ago.
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
The Gettysburg address.
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A speech delivered by President Lincoln in 1863 commemorating Independence Day. Four scores and seven years: 4 scores x 20 years/score + 7 yrs.= 80 yrs + 7 yrs. = 87 years 1863 - 87 = 1776 which was the year the then United States declared independence on July 4.
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.