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Why does Lincoln begin his eulogy to the soldiers buried at Gettysburg with a reference to four scores and seven years?
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∙ 6y ago
A score is 20. 4 score is 80. 80 = 7 is 87. 87 years before his speech was when the US was founded. He says that we are now having a war to see if that country will live, and those men that died there did so in order that their country might live.
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∙ 13y agoBecause he was hoping to convey Biblical gravitas.
Incidentally, he wrote that speech in a hurry, and was most dissatisfied with it.
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To mark the Address as a significant point in time, as fundamental as the founding of the US. To draw together the states and remind them of commonality. To make a point that his side was right, otherwise he wouldn't be making the address. English kings did this a lot under the right of divine providence. To show that the Constitution states "All men are created equal". At the time when Lincoln was making this speech, the country was not treating all men equally (slaves).
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Many of the dead Union soldiers were buried in trenches, with a crude wooden marker with the soldiers, name outfit wriiten on it for later identification. The dead Confederates were simply buried in mass graves by the federals. The new Museum at Gettysburg has a large map at the end of the tour. This map locates where they buried men and horses just after the battle. Some symbols represent 10 graves or such. These bodies were moved at a later date, but they had to bury them as soon as possible to avoid diseases.
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There are many cemeteries located throughout the United States where soldiers of both sides are buried. The most famous is probably Arlington National Cemetery followed by the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
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Gettysburg is important in American history because president Abraham Lincoln gave the famous Gettysburg address in a cemetery in Gettysburg where many of the soldiers who died fighting for America were buried.
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