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Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by US President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, dedicated to the casualties of the battle at Gettysburg. It was one of the most famous speeches in American history.
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Was the Gettysburg address wrote for the Battle of Gettysburg?
The US people whose morale was drained to the point of letting the CSA have independence and the dead solders of the battle
How long was four score and seven years in Gettysburg address?
He was referring to the Declaration of Independence (1776), which at the time he spoke was written 87 years ago (a "score" is 20, so four score = 80).
No doubt he was referring to 1776 - the Declaration of Independence.
Why was Lincoln's Gettysburg address so important?
The Gettysburg Address was brilliantly written and perfectly concise. It captured the positive spirit of the people of the United States and helped encourage them to support the war for its last 18 months.
Newspapers were quite critical of the Gettysburg Address, calling it meaningless, an insult to the listeners, and many other demeaning things. The people, however, responded to the speech when it was printed in those same papers.
The listeners at the time were stunned by the shortness of the speech. The keynote speaker droned on for a couple of hours. No one remembers a word he said. Lincoln spoke two minutes and millions can recall every word.
How many sentences long was Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has ten sentences : "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.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us---that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion---that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain---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."
Why did president Lincoln make the gettys burg address so short?
Delivered on November 19, 1863, President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address lasted for only a few minutes because of its brevity. Unlike most public speeches in his day and in the contemporary one, Lincoln's speech was extremely short -- if also tremendously powerful and inspiring at the same time.
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Who was involved in creating the Gettysburg Address?
There are two key aspects to the Gettysburg Address:
1. The principal address was given by Edward Everett. It is some 13,600 words long, and it took him two hours to give it.
2. After Everett spoke, President Lincoln gave a short address which was only about ten sentences and was delivered in about two minutes. Although much shorter, it is Lincoln's outstanding concluding speech that is more frequently referred to as the 'Gettysburg address.'
Everett wrote his own words, and Lincoln wrote his. However, analysis of the texts, particularly of Lincoln's, indicates that, in part, both drew upon familiar ancient texts and literary styles.
Obviously the American Civil War provided the primary motivation and inspiration for the address. Then unfolding circumstances led to the creation and delivery of the speeches on that day. Every speech needs an audience. The addresses were prepared with the needs of that audience firmly in mind. To that extent, it can be said that the audience themselves, including supporting dignitaries and functionaries, were as much a part of the 'creation' of the Gettysburg address as those involved in its presentation.
List of those 'involved' in the Gettysburg Address:
- Abraham Lincoln: He gave his short address as the final speech at the opening and dedication of the new Soldier's National Cemetery on Nov 19, 1863.
- Edward Everett: the person originally chosen to make the speech at the opening ceremony. But he asked for more time to prepare a good speech. The organizing committee agreed to this, and about two weeks or so before the event President Lincoln was also invited to attend and to say a few words to those present.
- David Wills: He set the wheels in motion for this local cemetery to be state funded, and was key organizer of the events of the day. He was also Lincoln's host after Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg the day before the opening ceremony. Consequently Lincoln stayed the night as a guest at Wills' house in Gettysburg Square that night. Doubtless Lincoln and Wills would have discussed important issues together.
- William H. Seward (Secretary of State) and Salmon P. Chase (Secretary of the Treasury) flanked Lincoln as he rode on horseback to the cemetery.
- Numerous dignitaries, townspeople, and widows joined the procession.
- Many state Governors supported Lincoln, and six of them attended:-
- Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania, who was also very much involved in organizing military matters in the American civil war that was still raging at that time. Curtin was also played a major part in founding the cemetery.
- Gov. Augustus Bradford of Maryland,
- Gov. Oliver P. Morton of Indiana
- Gov. Horatio Seymour of New York
- Gov. Joel Parker of New Jersey
- Gov. David Tod of Ohio
Also in attendance:
- William McDougall, Canadian politician.
- Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln's bodyguard, was close at hand throughout, and stood beside Lincoln as he gave his address.
- About fifteen thousand locals and supporters who were in the audience.
- Birgfield's Band, and the Marine Band, and a choir, providing music
- B.B. French, writer of the special dedication hymnsong.
- Reverend T.H. Stockton, D.D and Reverend H.L. Baugher, D.D. who offered the prayers at the dedication.
Key Dates
The Gettysburg cemetery blessing ceremony was originally scheduled for October 23. and, on October 10th, renowned public speaker Edward Everett was invited by the organizing committee to give the main speech. However, Everett asked them for more time to write and compose his oratory. The committee agreed and subsequently rescheduled it for another day, November 19th, almost a month later than the original date. Thus Everett had a total of forty days to prepare his script.
On November 2nd, after the original date for the ceremony had come and gone, and in the light of 'anti-war-effort' sentiments now arising, it seemed opportune to the committee to invite the President of the Union, Abraham Lincoln, to make, after Everett's speech, a brief few words to the people who would gather at the cemetery. Lincoln accepted, and travelled by train to Gettysburg, arriving the day before the event. Overall, Lincoln had just seventeen days, while the civil war was still being fought, to prepare his speech.
EDWARD EVERETT --the part he played in the creation of the Gettysburg Address
Edward Everett Ph.D. gave the main oratory at the Gettysburg Address. His speech is known as the Gettysburg Oration. Being an academic, educationalist and theologian, Everett reminded his listeners of the relevance and significance of historic precedents, and of the hand of 'Providence' in the current state of affairs: " .... that gracious Providence which overrules all things for the best, ..."
Taking 'providence' into account, it seems appropriate to consider that, if Everett had actually accepted the first date proposed for the cemetery dedication ceremony, it is highly unlikely that the committee would have actually invited President Lincoln to also attend and to say a few words! And, had they not invited him, he would never have written and delivered what has come to be one of the most famous speeches of all time!
In other words, by the mere fact of his asking for more time, Everett actually played a not insignificant part in the chain of events which led to Abraham Lincoln writing and delivering his history-changing 'freedom and equality' speech at the Gettysburg Address!
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How do you describe the Gettysburg address?
It is a speech given by Lincoln on the dedication of the Gettysburg battle field. It lasted about 15 minutes, is 265 words, and was criticized when he gave it. Many didn't hear him because his voice was high and soft and it was outside, but history has shown it was one of the greatest speeches a president has given.
Was the Gettysburg Address written in Gettysburg?
Supposedly the speech was written on the train Mr. Lincoln was riding to the dedication ceremony where he delivered it. That would have been November, 1863.
Contrary to the myth that Lincoln wrote this on the back of an envelope on November 18, 1863 while on the train traveling to Gettysburg, the speech was actually first written while he was still in Washington prior to leaving on the train. He put the finishing touches on the speech the night before while spending the night in his host's house.
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What is the first sentence of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
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.'
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What does the Gettysburg Address state?
Fourscore 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.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, 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.
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mainly he condemned the use of total war in any country against itself and offered forgiveness to the South, as it was not entirely their fault. he stated that the right government had been found, and had caused this great war. but it was only the country's fault that the war had been started.
What was the result of the gettysburg address?
He defined American Democracy, santified the war for the union and made a proposition that all men are created equal.
How many years were in the Gettysburg address?
"Four score and seven years" which indicates 87 years (4x20 +7), the time between the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) and the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863).
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a score is 20 years, so 4 score is 80 years plus 7.
How long was the Gettysburg address written after the US Civil War?
It was not written after the war. Lincoln visited Gettysburg in the autumn of the same year as the battle (1863) and gave his address then. Incidentally, he had written it hastily on the train, and was not satisfied with it.
What was the meaning of 'hallow' in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
The Gettysburg Address was given on the occasion of the dedication of a portion of the battleground as a resting place -- cemetery -- for the men who died there. In his speech he said that they could not dedicate, consecrate or hallow the land anymore than the men who had died there had already done. Hallow means to make something holy. So, he was saying that the deaths of men who fought that battle had already made the ground holy.
What was the speech called beginning with four scores and seven years ago called?
Abraham Lincoln gave the, "Four score and seven years ago," speech.
How many score and years since lincoln gave the gettysburg address?
One score is 20 years, so 1863 to 2016 would be 7 score and 13 years.
Why did Lincoln speak about the gettusburg address?
President Lincoln spoke about the Gettysburg address for two minutes. The Gettysburg address was a speech written to address the Union's war effort and to solidify support in the state of Pennsylvania.
What does dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal mean?
It means all skin types,all races,and all genders are equal
Answer:
This is part of a longer phrase in the American Declaration of Independence "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
In the abridged form it appears to be a statement that all people are exactly equivalent in ability and intelligence etc. regardless of race or culture. In the longer form it is evident that this means all men (not women) will receive equal standing under the law.
The second understanding is correct not the first as it is demonstrable that some people are stronger than others, some smarter, and some more artistic.
As far as the limitation to men only the eual rights of women, children, native Americans and slaves were not recognized untill the 19th and 20th century
What was the purpose for gathering at Gettysburg?
For everyone to be treated the same and that no matter who you are that you are a person. And that you need to be treated just like anyone else. For everyone to be treated the same and that no matter who you are that you are a person. And that you need to be treated just like anyone else.
Why where the battle of vickburg and Gettysburg significant?
ANSWER
Because they represented the turning point of the war in favour of the Union.
After Vicksburg the Confederacy lost the control of the Mississippi and was split into two parts and after Gettysburg the Confederate armies were pinned down to stay on the mere defensive without being able to regain any effective strategic initiative.
What point is implied in the Gettysburg Address?
President Lincoln's speech was short but very powerful. He mourned the men who fought and perished on that battlefield. He wanted them to be forever remembered in history for their actions and outstanding bravery. In addition he made it clear that the nation's survival was at stake and that the US government was new to the world of politics and needed to survive if the words in the Declaration of Independence were to have any currency. He was gracious and kind in his words.
