President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. The brief speech—just 272 words arranged ...

In the first Learning Activity, students will closely examine Lincoln’s use of words in the Gettysburg Address and learn that a short speech can be powerful. In the second Learning Activity ...

His speech backhanded the Confederacy and directly ... his words had a far more lasting impression. Here's Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth ...

No better example exists than Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863), widely considered one of the two most consequential speeches in American history (I Have A Dream).

I hope Donald Trump exudes optimism and hope. I hope that our 47th president will be good-humored in another 'morning in ...

The site of one of the most consequential battles and most influential speeches in American history ... dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg where Lincoln gave his famous ...

"The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled ...