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)