Gettysburg Address Indeed In Such Bad Taste
President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address in November of 1863, during the American civil war. He was not the featured speaker, that honor was given to Edward Everett who was known as a great speaker, and gave a powerful speech that lasted more than two hours, but it is Lincoln’s 10 sentences, 2 minute speech that is so memorable and noticed by the Chicago Tribune. If Lincoln’s speech was indeed in “such bad taste,” as the Chicago Tribune maintains, then how come it is this speech that is remembered and studied today?
At the time of the speech, many of Lincoln’s opponents, like the Chicago Tribune, believed that he had got his math wrong when he said “Fourscore and seven years ago,” and that he was referring to 1787 and to the Constitution,
At the time of the speech, many of Lincoln’s opponents, like the Chicago Tribune, believed that he had got his math wrong when he said “Fourscore and seven years ago,” and that he was referring to 1787 and to the Constitution,