“Four scores 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.” You probably recognize these famous words, spoken by our former president, Abraham Lincoln. He started this speech with these words on November 19, of 1863. These words were about the Gettysburg war, Lincoln speech made a huge impact on our nation. He made known what it was like to be a real American. He understood what it was like to be part of the United States of America, and he said to be proud of it. The Gettysburg speech was made to remember the deaths of all the others. Fifty thousand people died, and it was to commemorate the deaths of all the mass graves.