Abraham Lincoln's Speech At The Battle Of Gettysburg

On a Thursday afternoon, the 19th of November in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech towards the end of a ceremony, held to honor those who fell at the battle of Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania. He wrote and presented the speech in order honor the soldiers that gave their lives for what they believed in on that battlefield. It addressed what our country’s morals were based on, the civil war, and the battle of Gettysburg in one page. It was roughly a two minute speech, and was preceded by a two hour speech given by Edward Everett, but the Gettysburg Address has become much more familiar with the general population of today than the other one. He gave it in front of somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 onlooking eyes, but this did not hinder him, nor his words. In fact, the thing

Although it was given on a day for mourning, the Gettysburg Address has become one of the most inspirational documents ever. He described that there are certain things that we can not simply do or declare, but must struggle for, such as when it came to consecrating that field. “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.” In times of war, there will always be doubt, and even so, President Lincoln brought hope into the hearts of the people there, the families of those whose lives were lost there, and the United States as a whole (well, at least the north), all in 272 words. What the critics of the time said about how short it was is of little to no matter. No more needed to be said. May the words of the Gettysburg Address forever live on as an inspiration to others who have doubts, whether in times of peace, or war, regardless of the circumstances of that war; be it national, international, or even within oneself. Thank God for giving this country, and this world, the man who thought, wrote, and spoke