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 ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself. His Gettysburg Address (1863) and ...

Students in grades 6 through 12 are invited to write a response to President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Considered to be one of the best-known speeches in American history ...