The Turning Point Of War In Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
What was Lincoln supposed to say after the war? Fifty thousand people died in a total of three days, and what on earth is he supposed to say? That he is sorry, that he doesn’t know why everything happened the way that it happened? Lincoln gave a speech, it was very short, and a lot of people didn’t even listen but what he said was; that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech, but rather to continuing to fight for the idea’s they gave their lives for.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was giving during the dedication ceremony for the soldiers that lost their lives in Gettysburg. The civil war was still in place during that time, and when Lincoln gave his speech he went back and referred to the begging of America. He goes back and he says that war is to fight for America, to preserve its existence as a republic. He never referred to the two as the north or the south. He referred to everyone as a nation, to be one and not to be seperated. He doesn’t mention slavery or politics at all. He wants to save all of america and not lose so much more people. …show more content…
When Lincoln gave his speech, the first paragraph was to remind the audience of the beginning of the United States. That we were the land of the free, and the home of the brave. He said, “All men are created equal.” Now when he says that he doesn’t differ the African Americans to the whites, saying that that is what they are fighting about for real. He never goes into detail or blame someone on each other, because it is both of us. and really this all could have been prevented. And back then the United States was still quite new to the world. It was the great experiment to try something new and to really see if it could
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was giving during the dedication ceremony for the soldiers that lost their lives in Gettysburg. The civil war was still in place during that time, and when Lincoln gave his speech he went back and referred to the begging of America. He goes back and he says that war is to fight for America, to preserve its existence as a republic. He never referred to the two as the north or the south. He referred to everyone as a nation, to be one and not to be seperated. He doesn’t mention slavery or politics at all. He wants to save all of america and not lose so much more people. …show more content…
When Lincoln gave his speech, the first paragraph was to remind the audience of the beginning of the United States. That we were the land of the free, and the home of the brave. He said, “All men are created equal.” Now when he says that he doesn’t differ the African Americans to the whites, saying that that is what they are fighting about for real. He never goes into detail or blame someone on each other, because it is both of us. and really this all could have been prevented. And back then the United States was still quite new to the world. It was the great experiment to try something new and to really see if it could