It referred back to the Declaration of Independence, and it was deliberately couched in somewhat Biblical terms, to indicate sanctity and gravitas.
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.
Four score and seven years ago isn't the "name" of a famous speech, it is the first line of the Gettysburg Address, spoken by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. ---- That would be the begging of the Getsysbrug Address
One score is 20 years, so 1863 to 2016 would be 7 score and 13 years.
In the beginning there is an allusion to Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address in the phrase "five score".
Abraham Lincoln gave the, "Four score and seven years ago," speech.
Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg address.
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.
A score means 20. Hence in the Gettysburg Address when Lincoln referred to "four score and seven years ago" he meant 87 years ago.
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years, which is 87 years as a score is slang for 20.
Four score and seven years ago isn't the "name" of a famous speech, it is the first line of the Gettysburg Address, spoken by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. ---- That would be the begging of the Getsysbrug Address
Believe it to be Abraham Lincoln. "Fore score and seven years ago..." is the beginning of Lincoln's Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863.
It is 20 years. So in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, "four score and seven years ago" is 87 years--he was referring to 1776.
That was just Lincoln trying to sound Biblical about the Declaration of Independence (1776) as he made the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
One score is 20 years, so 1863 to 2016 would be 7 score and 13 years.
In the beginning there is an allusion to Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address in the phrase "five score".
Abraham Lincoln gave the, "Four score and seven years ago," speech.