Summary of the Gettysburg Address -
President Lincoln gave this speech, 152 years ago tomorrow, following the Battle of Gettysburg which was the turning point of the war. Lincoln commences the address with "four score and seven years ago..." America was created. He compares the civil was to the American Revolution and discusses the foundation the United states was founded upon. He states that they are gathered to honor the soldiers who have given their lives so that the nation could live on. Furthermore, it is up to Americans to dedicate themselves to establishing a new freedom and that their government "of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
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