"audiences will be familiar with Lincoln's words. In the many generations that have passed since the Address, it has remained among the most famous speeches in American history, and is often taught in classes about history or civics. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is itself referenced in another of those famed orations, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ""I Have a Dream"" speech. Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, King began with a reference, by the style of his opening phrase, to President Lincoln and his enduring words: ""Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow"
"remain in command of the Army of the Potomac. The Eastern Theater would be locked in a stalemate for the remainder of 1863. In November 1863, Lincoln was invited to Gettysburg to dedicate the first national cemetery and honor the soldiers who had fallen. His Gettysburg Address became a core statement of American political values. Defying Lincoln's prediction that ""the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here"", the Address became the most quoted speech in American history. In 272 words, and three minutes, Lincoln asserted the nation was born not in 1789, following ratification of the"
"is that Lincoln quickly wrote the speech on the back of an envelope. This widely held misunderstanding may have originated with a popular book, ""The Perfect Tribute"", by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (1906), which was assigned reading for generations of schoolchildren, sold 600,000 copies when published as a standalone volume, and was twice adapted for film. Other lesser-known claims include Harriet Beecher Stowe's assertion that Lincoln had composed the address ""in only a few moments,"" and that of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who claimed to have personally supplied Lincoln with a pen. Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address is a speech that"
"historian Isaac Markens, Robert Todd Lincoln said Hay had told him that he did not have ""any special knowledge of the letter at the time"" it was written. Historian Michael Burlingame, who believes Hay is the author, has pointed out that Hay's scrapbooks have two newspaper clippings of the letter while largely containing Hay's own writing. However, they also contain material written by Lincoln including the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. Scholars favoring Lincoln's authorship, including Edward Steers and Jason Emerson, note that the Gettysburg Address and the Farewell Address are similar examples of Lincoln's highly regarded style. Other"
"Willie and Tad, presenting them with two cats from his assortment of pets. Seward accompanied Lincoln to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in November 1863, where Lincoln was to deliver a short speech, that would become famous as the Gettysburg Address. The night before the speech, Lincoln met with Seward. There is no surviving evidence that Seward authored any changes: he stated after the address, when asked if had had any hand in it, that only Lincoln could have made that speech. Seward also proposed to Lincoln that he proclaim a day of national thanksgiving, and drafted a proclamation to that effect. Although"
"from both sides of the conflict. On November 19, 1863, Henry Baugher gave the benediction at the ceremony opening the cemetery at Gettysburg; speaking after Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address. Baugher’s presidency of Gettysburg College was noted by his stern disciplinary practices and high standards. According to Professor Edward S. Breidenbaugh, Baugher believed ""that reverence for superiors, submission to authority, and obedience to the rules and regulations of the College were indispensable to the formation of a good character, he inculcated and enforced the duty of loyalty both by counsel and authority . . . [and] he was proficient in"
"initiatives, but these were never brought to fruition. In November 1863, when the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was dedicated, Everett, by then widely renowned as the finest orator in the country, was invited to be the featured speaker. In his two-hour formal oration he compared the Battle of Gettysburg to battles of antiquity such as Marathon, and spoke about how opposing sides in previous civil wars (such as the War of the Roses and the Thirty Years' War) were able to reconcile their differences afterward. Everett's oration was followed by the now far more famous Gettysburg Address of President"
"dream of ending slavery, exhibited in the wartime Emancipation Proclamation, was carried out by his Republican Party, which outlawed slavery, granted blacks equality and black males voting rights via constitutional amendments. However, although the abolishment of slavery would not be challenged, equal treatment for blacks would be. The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's most famous speech and one of the most quoted political speeches in United States history, was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 19 November 1863, during the Civil War, four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Describing America as"
"glorious annals of our common country, there will be no brighter page than that which relates the Battles of Gettysburg. Lengthy dedication addresses like Everett's were common at cemeteries in this era. The tradition began in 1831 when Justice Joseph Story delivered the dedication address at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Those addresses often linked cemeteries to the mission of Union. Lincoln's address followed the oration by Edward Everett, who subsequently included a copy of the Gettysburg Address in his 1864 book about the event (""Address of the Hon. Edward Everett At the Consecration of the National Cemetery At"
"engrave on U.S. coins. Lincoln's involvement in this decision is unclear. When a pious minister told Lincoln he ""hoped the Lord is on our side,"" the president responded, ""I am not at all concerned about that... But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side."" In November 1863, Lincoln travelled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to participate in the dedication of the cemetery established there for the thousands of soldiers who died during the recent battle. There he gave his celebrated speech, the Gettysburg Address, wherein he hoped that the nation shall,"
"The graves were laid out in a great semicircle, state by state, around the site for a sculptured central feature, a Soldier's National Monument. The Soldier's National Cemetery, as it was then called, was dedicated by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863. The speaker's platform occupied the site set aside for the Soldier's National Monument, then awaiting future design. The immortal words of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address gave this spot a historical and patriotic association. Gettysburg National Cemetery became the honored property of the nation on May 1, 1872, now a century ago. Congress recognized the importance of honoring and"
"Gettysburg (1993 film) Gettysburg is a 1993 American epic war film written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, adapted from the historical novel ""The Killer Angels"" (1974) by Michael Shaara, about the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War (1861-1865). The film stars Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, and Martin Sheen; its score was composed by Randy Edelman. The film begins with a narrated map showing the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee, crossing the Potomac River to invade the North in June 1863, marching across Maryland and into Pennsylvania."
"Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania) Evergreen Cemetery – formerly called Citizen's Cemetery and Ever Green Cemetery – is a historic 29.12 acre private cemetery located just outside Gettysburg Borough, in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District, and is surrounded by Gettysburg National Military Park and Soldiers' National Cemetery. The cemetery played a strategic role in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Four months after the battle, at the dedication of the immediately-adjacent National Cemetery, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his ""Gettysburg Address"" from a platform in Evergreen Cemetery. The Ever Green"
"the United States, its exact wording is disputed. The five known manuscripts of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's hand differ in a number of details, and also differ from contemporary newspaper reprints of the speech. Neither is it clear just where stood the platform from which Lincoln delivered the address. Modern scholarship locates the speakers' platform 40 yards (or more) away from the traditional site in Soldiers' National Cemetery at the Soldiers' National Monument, which means that it stood entirely within the private, adjacent Evergreen Cemetery. Following the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1–3, 1863, the removal of the fallen"
"States by listing colonial grievances against King George III and by asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution. Its original purpose was to announce independence, and references to the text of the Declaration were few in the following years. Abraham Lincoln made it the centerpiece of his policies and his rhetoric, as in the Gettysburg Address of 1863. Since then, it has become a well-known statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable"
"via the Gettysburg Railroad c. 6 p.m. Following the ceremony, telegraphy regarding the program included at least three transmissions of Lincoln's address (the New York Times report the next day included both Lincoln's address and the entire Everett Oration.) Wills requested a copy of Everett's oration via a December 14 letter, and Everett provided a copy with footnotes (e.g., describing the maps he used while composing). In 1864, Everett published his book regarding the consecration; and an 1867 record of the consecration ceremony was published with the associated correspondence. Erected by the Gettysburg National Military Park (G.N.M.P.), a permanent historical"
"President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous, two-minute Gettysburg Address. The son of a pastor, Everett was educated at Harvard, and briefly ministered at Boston's Brattle Street Church before taking a teaching job at Harvard. The position included preparatory studies in Europe, so Everett spent two years in studies at the University of Göttingen, and another two years traveling around Europe. At Harvard he taught ancient Greek literature for several years before becoming involved in politics, and began an extensive and popular speaking career. He served ten years in the United States Congress before winning election as Governor of Massachusetts in"
"Modern History at Harvard, endowed by the will of wealthy merchant John McLean (1761-1823). His appointment to this position, says his biographer, was the first academic encouragement of American history, and of original historical research in the American field. In 1849 he followed famed orator Edward Everett (the featured speaker at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on November 19, 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg, delivering a 2-hour speech before the ""few prepared remarks"" later called the ""Gettysburg Address"" of President Abraham Lincoln) as president of Harvard College, and moved into a home on campus now called Treadwell-Sparks"
"By episode three, we, the viewers, should see some major plot arc forming. Hell seems more dystopic than structured and the storylines are meandering."" The third episode was watched by 3.52 million viewers and had a 1.2 rating with the 18-49 age range. The quote ""a new birth of freedom"" comes from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which he delivered during the American Civil War, on Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He used the term to describe the war's effort to unify the nation and each state's rights. A"
"United States Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, the task of appearing at Gettysburg on his behalf. In addition, ""Gettysburg NMP Law Enforcement Ranger Morgan Brooks"" read a prepared statement written by Obama for the event; this letter also appears on the White House website. The sesquicentennial of the Gettysburg Address also saw a regional paper called ""The Patriot-News"" retract a negative editorial it published on November 24, 1863 regarding ""the silly remarks of the President."" This belated retraction was much discussed in the media, and even became fodder for a ""Saturday Night Live"" skit featuring the character ""Jebidiah Atkinson,"""
"""The Battle of Gettysburg."" This account was hailed by Bruce Catton as ""One of the genuine classics of Civil War literature."" Gibbon and Haskell returned to Gettysburg in November 1863 to attend the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery and witnessed President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address after recreating their role in the battle for some tourists on Cemetery Ridge. On February 9, 1864, Haskell was appointed colonel of the 36th Wisconsin. On June 3, he assumed command of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps when its commander Col. Henry Boyd McKeen was killed during the Battle of Cold Harbor."
"route eventually became part of the Western Maryland Railroad's Hanover Subdivision from Emory Grove, Maryland, to Hanover and Gettysburg. Even after the company became part of the Western Maryland Railway, the name Old Branch remained. The Hanover Branch Railroad is associated with historic events during the Civil War. It carried the parties of President Abraham Lincoln and Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin from Hanover Junction to Gettysburg on November 18, 1863, where President Lincoln delivered the next day his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The Northern Central Railway trains carried President Lincoln from Baltimore and Governor"
"States as they are today. [[File:Gettysburg by Britton.ogg|left|thumb|Modern recording of [[Gettysburg Address]] originally spoken by [[President of the United States|U.S President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]]]] [[File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden 0.5.jpg|left|thumb|[[Battle of Gettysburg]] – Restoration by Adam Cuerden 0.5]] The American Civil War began when seven [[Slave state|Southern slave states]] declared their [[secession]] from the U.S. and formed the [[Confederate States of America]], the Confederacy (four more states joinged the Confederacy later). Led by [[Jefferson Davis]], they fought against the [[Union (American Civil War)|U.S. federal government (the Union)]] under President"
"praises the Address as ""one of the great speeches in history"". The wildly popular story was assigned reading for multiple generations of school children in the United States and may be the most popular book ever published about Lincoln, though historians take issue with Andrews' work. The story was largely responsible for the persistent myth that Lincoln hurriedly wrote the Address on the train on the way to Gettysburg. That story reached Andrews through her son Paul, whose history teacher, Walter Burlingame, overheard his father, diplomat Anson Burlingame, hear it from Senator Edward Everett, the featured speaker at Gettysburg. (Incidentally,"
"Kennedy, Obama used this as a teaching moment."" Historian Garry Wills, author of ""Lincoln at Gettysburg"", a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, compared ""A More Perfect Union"" with Lincoln's Cooper Union speech of 1860. He noted similarities in the political contexts of both speeches: ""The men, both lawyers, both from Illinois, were seeking the presidency, despite what seemed their crippling connection with extremists. ... Each decided to address [alleged connections with radicals] openly in a prominent national venue, well before their parties' nominating conventions"". Wills argued that ""Jeremiah Wright was Obama's John Brown"" (Brown was the radical"
"Lincoln at Gettysburg Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America written by Garry Wills and published by Simon & Schuster in 1992, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. The book uses Lincoln's notably short speech at Gettysburg to examine his rhetoric overall. In particular, Wills compares Lincoln's speech to Edward Everett's delivered on the same day, focusing on the influences of the Greek revival in the United States and 19th century transcendentalist thought. Wills also argues that Lincoln's speech draws from his interpretation of the U.S. Constitution;"
"not utter the words ""under God"" at Gettysburg. However, at least three reporters telegraphed the text of Lincoln's speech on the day the Address was given with the words ""under God"" included. Historian William E. Barton argues that: The reporters present included Joseph Gilbert, from the Associated Press; Charles Hale, from the ""Boston Advertiser""; John R. Young (who later became the Librarian of Congress), from the ""Philadelphia Press""; and reporters from the ""Cincinnati Commercial"", ""New York Tribune"", and ""The New York Times"". Charles Hale ""had notebook and pencil in hand, [and] took down the slow-spoken words of the President"". ""He"
"at the World Trade Center site on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Citations Sources Bixby letter The Bixby letter is a brief, consoling message sent by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1864 to Lydia Parker Bixby, a widow living in Boston, Massachusetts, who was thought to have lost five sons in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Along with the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address, the letter has been praised as one of Lincoln's finest written works and is often reproduced in memorials, media, and print. Controversy surrounds the recipient, the fate of"
"on November 24, 1863, in which it dismissed the Gettysburg Address as ""silly remarks"" that should disappear into ""a veil of oblivion."" On November 14, 2013, ""The Patriot-News"" issued a retraction, saying the ""Patriot & Union"" editorial board failed to recognize the ""momentous importance, timeless eloquence, and lasting significance"" of the Gettysburg Address. The retraction received considerable national coverage; NPR and Fox News Channel interviewed several of the paper's editors. Deputy opinion page editor Matthew Zencey said the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address was the perfect time to ask, ""Gee, can you believe what rock heads ran this outfit"
"was in a strong position to redefine the war effort, despite the New York City draft riots. The stage was set for his address at the Gettysburg battlefield cemetery on November 19, 1863. Defying Lincoln's prediction that ""the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here"", the Address became the most quoted speech in American history. In 272 words, and three minutes, Lincoln asserted the nation was born not in 1789, but in 1776, ""conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"". He defined the war as an effort dedicated to"
"the many graves have been run over, beautiful lots with iron fences and splendid monuments have been destroyed or soiled, and our infantry and artillery occupy those sacred grounds where the dead are sleeping. It is enough to make one mourn."" Two Confederate soldiers mortally wounded during the battle were buried in Evergreen Cemetery. The Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg took place on November 19, 1863. The speaker's platform used by orator Edward Everett, and then by President Abraham Lincoln to deliver his Gettysburg Address, was located just east of the National Cemetery, on the grounds of Evergreen"
"the historian Macaulay and the poet Hallam. With the election of Whig Zachary Taylor as president, Bancroft's political appointment ended. On his return to the United States in 1849, he withdrew from public life. He resided in New York and wrote history. There, Bancroft acted as a founding member of the American Geographical Society and served as the society's first president for nearly three years (February 21, 1852 – December 7, 1854). In April 1864, at Bancroft's request, President Abraham Lincoln wrote out what would become the fourth of five known manuscripts of the Gettysburg Address. Bancroft planned to include"
"Gettysburg Address. Even though the Canadian and British press wrote positively about Lincoln's speech, the American press condemned it for its lack of length. In July 1958, before then United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed a joint session of the Parliament of Canada, Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker recounted the tale of the friendship between McDougall and Lincoln as an example of the long history of friendship between Canada and the United States. A copy of the "" Hansard"" containing President Eisenhower's speech was autographed and commented by Mr. Diefenbaker, and it can be found in the Baldwin Room"