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 ...

Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that saved it. It is impossible to read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg ...

Following Edward Everett’s Gettysburg oration of two hours, President Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address composed of ten ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Honoring a request to offer a few ...

In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, in which he expressed his hope that “This nation will have a new birth of freedom, ...

Born in Dublin, the Irish soldier who heard President Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, died in New Jersey in 1938. In April 1938, the New York Times and ...

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.

By Ross Hetrick Gettysburg borough recently published a summary of its budget and at the top of the page were pictures of ...

Wallington is buried in hallowed ground. Tuesday is the 161st anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln delivering his famous Gettysburg Address, which was part of the dedication of the Soldiers ...

Cancel anytime. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will display an original edition of the Gettysburg Address starting on Nov. 15. The exhibit will be ...