Lincoln's Gettysburg Speeches

What do you think when you hear the name, Abraham Lincoln? When I hear, Abraham Lincoln, I think of what an incredible job he did for the U.S. to be where it is today. One of Lincoln’s best known quotes was, “Whenever I hear anyone arguing over slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” – Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln Biography). Now you’re probably wondering, “What does this quote mean?” Although this quote may seem confusing it really isn’t.
The quote mainly states that he feels tension is his surroundings since everyone has a different opinion about slavery.Back in his days many people thought slavery was just a way of getting more money to get things for themselves they didn’t worry about the slaves, they only
The speech was given at dedication ceremonies of the SNC, Soldiers National Cemetery, in Gettysburg Pennsylvania a little while after the battle of Gettysburg. . "It is the desire that, after the Oration, you, as Chief Executive of the nation, formally set apart these grounds to their sacred use by a few appropriate remarks.“ (Gettysburg Address). Over the next seventeen days, the President penned the Gettysburg Address making several drafts on the White House stationery. Lincoln got in Gettysburg on the eighteenth of November but Lincoln actually spoke on the nineteenth of November. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address speech was actually quite short letting us children learn it today. Abraham Lincoln managed to write, in only two paragraphs, to honor the fallen, capture the reason for the war, provide the purpose of our nation’s founding, provide inspiration for finishing the fight that had begun more than two years prior and justify preservation of the Union. Abraham’s direct quote from the Gettysburg address was, "Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that Nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that
After dinner and a carriage ride Mary decided not to go for she had a terrible headache. Lincoln wanted to go with his wife but she resisted, so Abraham went to the play and demanded a guard to watch the “State Box” so they would be safe, just in case something bad happened. But little did everyone in the box know that their police guard John Parker, left his post in the hallway for a bit of liquor. While Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were enjoying their play, behind them the door opened and a man stepped into the box, pointed a gun at Lincoln and shot him. Unfortunately while the killer was running away he escaped out of the back stage door. As soon as Mrs. Lincoln heard of the news that his husband was shot dead she was devastated. The bullet Abraham had been shot with had entered behind his left ear and ripped a path through the left side of his brain, eventually Abraham had died the next