The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: the American spirit.

But Gettysburg has also been a symbol of America’s commitments to freedom and democracy, thanks to the immortal speech that Abraham Lincoln delivered there on Nov. 19, 1863.

The brevity of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address belies its depth; its power lies not only in what it says but in the silences it leaves for us to ponder.

Abraham Lincoln’s Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People’ The president’s humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled ...

Nov. 19 marks the 160th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. This is an anniversary that will be little noted nor long remembered, but that is a shame. The central message of the speech — that ...

The president’s short speech reshaped the nation by defining it as one people dedicated to one principle – equality for all! A 14-year-old Richmond girl lucky enough to have been there shook ...

An original, handwritten edition of the Gettysburg Address, one of five authored by Abraham Lincoln, will be on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum from Friday to Nov. 28.

The display marks the anniversary of the speech given on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

That great address is only 272 words long. It took Lincoln only two minutes or so to deliver. It will take you less time to read it. On Nov.— 19, 1863, when Abraham Lincoln stood up to deliver ...