November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, where the battle of Gettysburg had been fought.
17 acres were subsequently dedicated to the cemetery and memorial to the men who had fought and died at Gettysburg, by the federal government, near the battleground.
Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [The Soldiers' National Cemetery was exclusively for Union soldiers]
Lincoln delivered the speech on November 19, 1863
It was two minutes, at first he thought his speech was a failure, but It was actually good.:)
On the United States Capital steps in Washington D.C.
The occasion was the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg, but that was a pretext. His real reason was to raise the spirits of a war-weary electorate to continue the long struggle, to change the reason for the war from the preservation of the union to the expansion of freedom to another race and class of citizens.
yes
Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [The Soldiers' National Cemetery was exclusively for Union soldiers]
President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
no
by plane
he deliverd it in 1860
There are quite a few speeches that were given by Abraham Lincoln that can be used as a declamation piece. These speeches include the Gettysburg Address that Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1863. The speech is only 265 words long and takes about 3 minutes to deliver.
Lincoln wrote the speech himself on the train ride to Gettysburg where he would deliver it with little enthusiasm from the crowd.
Lincoln delivered the speech on November 19, 1863
If you are asking where he wrote it I am about to shatter a myth in history. Contrary to legend he did not write the speech on the back of an envelope as he traveled to Gettysburg by train. He actually made two drafts of the remarks he planned to deliver. After Everett's two hour speech, Lincoln spoke for a few minutes. It is 266 words, 10 sentences and was not given a good review.
This question may refer to the Gettysburg Address, if so, it came about because of the large battle of Gettysburg. After this major battle was over, Lincoln felt compelled to visit the site of the battlefield to pay honor to the brave soldiers who fought and died there. Lincoln's famous speech, the Gettysburg Address was a short but magnificent homage to the soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg.