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That was just Lincoln trying to sound Biblical about the Declaration of Independence (1776) as he made the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
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∙ 9y agoFour 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.
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∙ 9y ago87 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.
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∙ 15y agoA 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
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∙ 12y ago87 years?
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What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
Is fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on the continent a new nation is true or false?
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.
Who said four score and ten years ago?
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
What was a famous quotation Lincoln said?
'Four score and seven years ago...'
Why did Lincoln open his speech with four score and seven years ago?
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
What was the speech called beginning with four scores and seven years ago called?
Abraham Lincoln gave the, "Four score and seven years ago," speech.
What ideals did President Lincoln speak about in his Gettysburg Address?
the ideals were four scores and seven years ago
What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
What are the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln?
Four score and seven years ago
When was the birthday of Iraq?
Four score and seven years ago.
What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
What document is four score and seven years ago from?
The Gettysburg address.
How did the gettsyburg address start?
Four score and seven years ago...
What year was four score and seven years ago from 2007?
1920
The value of a score as in four score and seven years ago?
20
Is fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on the continent a new nation is true or false?
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.
Who said four score and ten years ago?
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
