On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Today, the ...

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is only 272 words long, but it remains one of the greatest speeches in U.S. history and a reminder of the true meaning of Memorial Day. Memorial Day falls on May ...

THE ISSUE: Today is the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. On Nov. 19, 1863, in that town 50 miles southwest of Lancaster city, Lincoln delivered his concise ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. He arrived in the small Pennsylvania town on November 18, 1863, a day ...

Brief as Lincoln’s speech was, many newspaper reports paraphrased or outright butchered it. In his new book, “Writing the Gettysburg Address,” Martin P. Johnson argues that the fledgling “wire service ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Nov. 19, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln ...

Brief as Lincoln’s speech was, many newspaper reports paraphrased or outright butchered it. In his new book, “Writing the Gettysburg Address,” Martin P. Johnson argues that the fledgling “wire service ...