The Gettysburg Address.
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
A score is twenty years, so 4 score is 80 years and 'four score and seven' means 87 years.
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A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
A score is twenty years. So four score and seven is (4 X 20) + 7 years or 87 years. However, the usual quote is three score and ten years (70 years) which represented the life expectancy in those days.
87. A score is 20yrs.
Four score and seven years ago
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
26...a score = twenty (as in "...four score & seven years ago..." means 87 years)