Posted: Nov. 19, 1983
Gettysburg, Not in Vain
Gettysburg, Penn.--
Four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederates, President Abraham Lincoln stood in front of over 1,500 people and invoked the principles of human equality talked about in the Declaration of Independence and how this Civil War has redefined it.
Referring to the events in the American Revolution, Lincoln said, “Four score and seven years ago…” as he then continued to describe the how this ceremony at Gettysburg was not just an opportunity to dedicate a cemetery, but also to consecrate the living in the struggle to ensure that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth".
This speech had an impact on many people on the hot and humid day. “…conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
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Very good quotes reg dude. I think they really added to the story. Inverted pyramid was used well. Later
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