The Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was the 16th president of the United States. On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history. Evoking the spirit of the nation’s founding fathers, Lincoln stood beside the quiet Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and consecrated the hallowed ground to the sacrifice of the soldiers who fought and died there. Reasserting the commitment to preserve the Union and the pursuit of the principles for which it was founded, the elegant words of the Gettysburg Address stand as testament to the greatest challenge in American history.

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