gettysburg address

     

The Gettysburg Adress is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history. It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.

Trivia about gettysburg address

  • Just 10 sentences, this speech is wrong on one point: it is long remembered
  • The Times put the entire text of this November 20, 1863 speech on its front page
  • Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes
  • Delivered November 19, 1863, it lasted only 2 minutes
  • In an account of this speech, the Chicago Times decried Lincoln's embarrassing "dishwatery utterances"
  • Delivered November 19, 1863, it began, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers..."
  • Famous 1863 speech by President Lincoln that began, "Four score and seven years ago..."
  • Delivered November 19, 1863, it began, "Four score and seven years ago..."
  • You might score with this speech's first line, but the second begins, "Now we are engaged in a great Civil War"
  • It was written over the first half of November 1863--not, as legend says, scribbled on a train ride
  • This speech ends, "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"
  • Lincoln wrote 5 different versions of this Nov. 19, 1863 speech & made several changes as he spoke; nice ad-libbing, Abe!
  • About this speech, Lincoln said, "I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it"
  • This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge
  • In 1949 a copy of this speech by Abraham Lincoln sold at auction for $54,000