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To state how much time AGO the event in question took place.
A score is 20 years, so 4 score and 7 years ago would be 87 years
(20*4)+7 = 80 + 7 = 87 years AGO
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How did Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech begin?
Fourscore and seven years ago . . .
Did Abraham Lincoln have anything to do with the declaration of independence?
The connection is that Lincoln began his Gettysburg Address in 1863 with the words: "Fourscore and nineteen years ago". The preceeding answer is INCORRECT. Do the math: 1863 minus 1776 equals 87 (fourscore and seven). Look at the Gettysburg Address and READ the first sentence. You will se it starts: "Fourscore and SEVEN years ago"....
How many years is fourscore and seven years ago?
fourscore and seven years ago means 87 years ago
What do call 20 years?
Twenty years is a score, as in "Fourscore and seven years ago..." Fourscore and seven equals 87.
How many eggs in a score?
Do you remember Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? It was delivered in 1863, 87 years after the 1776 US Declaration of Independence. It began, "Fourscore and seven years ago ..." A 'score' is just another way of saying 20. Twenty of anything. It's similar to 'dozen' being just another way of saying 12. Fourscore is four times 20, or 80. Fourscore and seven is 80 plus seven, or 87. Lincoln could have begun his speech by saying, "Eighty seven years ago." But, "Fourscore and seven years ago" was a much more memorable way of expressing the same time frame. Way back then, eloquent oratory was a highly valued skill. Unlike today, with 'Yo, dude' and its ilk.
How many years are 'fourscore and seven'?
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
What is a score equal to?
'score' = 20 "Fourscore and seven" = 87 years ago.
What was Abraham Lincoln trying to tell the audience when he said Four Score and Seven Years Ago?
the singing of the declaration of independence. The Gettysburg address was in 1863 four score and seven years ago refers to 87 years which is 1776 the singing of the Declaration of Independence.
What did Lincoln mean by fourscore?
Four score is a number. A score is twenty, as a dozen is twelve. Four score is 80.
What happens to Washington and his family after the Civil War?
Wrong war, buddy. Washington was the hero of the American Revolution, and became the first President of the USA. The American Civil War was not for another 'fourscore and seven years', as Lincoln biblically phrased it.
How long was the US independent before the civil war?
From the signing of the Declaration in 1776, it was 85 years to the outbreak of the civil war. Two years later, at the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln mentioned this interval in rather Bibilical terms as "fourscore and seven".
Whats the last 6 word in of the gettyburg address?
shall not perish from the earth.
