Martin Luther King Jr. started it with 'five score years ago...' it was just like when Abraham Lincoln did the Gettysburg Address starting with 'four score and seven years ago...'
He helped African American with not having to be arrested and he accomplished his dream
The Gettysburg Address is considered to be one of the greatest speeches in American history, and even more widely, because of its curious combination of brevity with inspiring, noble truths captured in memorable phrasing. That so much can be said in so few words is a remarkable achievement. Yet, the words themselves convey truths concerning the importance of freedom and equality, and of the need to fight to preserve these, that are inspirational to nearly everyone who reads the speech today.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued during the Civil War; Reconstruction was the period following the war.
It was the dedication to the Union cemetery at Gettysburg this is why he states.........."we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation can long endure." The graves of the fallen dead from the battle were still fresh when he came to dedicate the cemetery. The speech took 2 minutes.
January 6, 1941 was the date of Roosevelt's 1941 state of the union address which came to be known as the Four Freedoms Speech.
People came to hear the other speaker. It was not considered an important speech at the time.
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.
because allot of lives were gone in the battle of Gettysburg so Abraham Lincoln came and gave a speech
He helped African American with not having to be arrested and he accomplished his dream
because allot of lives were gone in the battle of Gettysburg so Abraham Lincoln came and gave a speech
Two speeches, generally considered two of his greatest and most significant: the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address. The former dealt with the question of what this nation was founded upon, and the latter asked why the Civil War came about.
The Gettysburg Address is considered to be one of the greatest speeches in American history, and even more widely, because of its curious combination of brevity with inspiring, noble truths captured in memorable phrasing. That so much can be said in so few words is a remarkable achievement. Yet, the words themselves convey truths concerning the importance of freedom and equality, and of the need to fight to preserve these, that are inspirational to nearly everyone who reads the speech today.
Martin Luther King Junior gave his famous "I have a dream speech" in front of the Monument in Washington D.C. People of all races and cultures came to listen to his speech.
George Washington and Adolf Hitler went to a rendezvou and came up with it
the north came into Gettysburg from the south, and the south came into town from the north.
This isn't from the bible. It is the beginning of the The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln. A score is an older word meaning 20, so 4 x score or 4 x 20 is 80... plus 7. He's saying 87 years before the speech, the pilgrims came to America. etc etc...
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued during the Civil War; Reconstruction was the period following the war.