The Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery (now called the Gettysburg National Cemetery) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The dedication of the cemetery was an …

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address begins with the words, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” A score is another way of …

There are several copies of the Gettysburg Address that show that Lincoln made changes to the text. The following is a transcript of Lincoln’s speech as it appears on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC: “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers …

Lincoln’s speech lasted only two minutes, and contained only 272 words. One of the other speakers at the event, Edward Everett, spoke for two hours. To see copies of the original Gettysburg Address and other historical documents related to that period of …

The definitions provided in this glossary relate to words as used on Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government. There may be other definitions for these …