LAD/Blog #16: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

This is probably one of the most iconic speeches throughout history. Among Martin Luther Kings "I had a dream" everyone always remembers that this Gettysburg address starts with "Fourscore and seven years ago." This speech takes place on a battle field. Such a significant action. Lincoln is addressing the people about how the Nation is being so strongly tested right now, and he's talking while standing on ground where, earlier, men lost their lives. He dedicates the land to the fallen soldiers, and speaks of the great importance this land and the memory of those who died have. "That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." This speech was Lincoln's eulogy for everyone who died, and a way to show that they will never be forgotten.