he stated that america was friggin awesome
In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Lincoln delivered his speech in Pennsylvania, on the Gettysburg Battle field.
Pennsylvania
President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. November 19, 1863
On the afternoon of Thursday, November 18, 1863, 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln [February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865] gave the Gettysburg Address. He was participating in the dedication ceremonies for the Soldiers' National Cemetery at the Pennsylvania town of the same name. On July 1-3 of that same year, the town had been the scene of an important Union victory over the Confederate forces during the War between the States.
President Lincoln spoke about the Gettysburg address for two minutes. The Gettysburg address was a speech written to address the Union's war effort and to solidify support in the state of Pennsylvania.
On April 15, 1861 President Lincoln declared a "state of insurrection." The US Civil War, like the Vietnam War was not a declared war. After his declaration he set out a call-up for men to man his armies.
Of the five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address, the Library of Congress has two. President Lincoln gave one of these to each of his two private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay. The other three copies of the Address were written by Lincoln for charitable purposes well after November 19. The copy for Edward Everett, the orator who spoke at Gettysburg for two hours prior to Lincoln, is at the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield; the Bancroft copy, requested by historian George Bancroft, is at Cornell University in New York; the Bliss copy was made for Colonel Alexander Bliss, Bancroft's stepson, and is now in the Lincoln Room of the White House. Source: http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/gettysburgaddress/Pages/default.aspx
The address of the Lincoln State Monument is: , Lincoln, NM 88338
Abraham Lincoln, president of the Union (the northern states), had problems with various pressure groups who wanted the war, which had killed 250,00 of America's young people, to end, even at the cost of giving in to Confederate demands. The Gettysburg address, given while the war was still raging, served to bolster the spirits of the north by focussing on the ultimate goals.
Normally it is referred to as the "State of the Union address." The word "address" does not just mean the street you live on; it's also a word referring to a formal speech given to a specific audience-- you may have heard, for example, of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, the Gettysburg Address.
He didn't say that in a debate, but in the Gettysburg Address. It is probably one of the greatest speeches any president has given.