The Gettysburg Address was often assigned to students to memorized in school. It opens in this way: 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.'
The historical importance of the Gettysburg Address is that the Civil War as not only a struggle for the Union, but also as a new birth of freedom that would bring equality to all of Americas' people, and that would created a unified nation where states' rights were no longer dominant. The Gettysburg Address also boosted the morale of the United States citizens in the Union during the tough times of the Civil War.
Lincoln characterized i as "a new birth of freedom."
Four score and seventy years ago our forefathers brought forth upon this Continent a new Nation. Concived in Liberty and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal.
Gettysburg was a battle. It did not have a theme. The theme of the Gettyburg Address was that a new and better America would emerge from the crucible of conflict that was the Civil War.
The speech Gettysburg was written for human equality. The speech address the Civil War and to express a new birth of the nation. The Gettysburg speech was given on November 19, 1863 by President Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln. This is the first line of the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address was often assigned to students to memorized in school. It opens in this way: 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.'
The historical importance of the Gettysburg Address is that the Civil War as not only a struggle for the Union, but also as a new birth of freedom that would bring equality to all of Americas' people, and that would created a unified nation where states' rights were no longer dominant. The Gettysburg Address also boosted the morale of the United States citizens in the Union during the tough times of the Civil War.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The people. Exceprt from Lincoln's Gettysburg address puts it nicely: "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Lincoln characterized i as "a new birth of freedom."
The occasion was the dedication of a new national cemetery in Gettyburg.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.