The Gettysburg Address was a quick-hitting speech that was built to last. Length: A little over two minutes. Message: Stay the course of a difficult war. If Democracy won’t work here ...

President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known ...

Lincoln's speech, delivered 150 years ago, the Gettysburg Address, is, of course, now considered among the most famous in U.S. history. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Four score and seven years ago ...

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 ...

Part of the event was a speech delivered by suburban Philadelphia high school junior Lauren Pyfer, who won a contest to write a contemporary version of the Gettysburg Address but at the same short ...

Lincoln spoke only 269 words during his address and gave history a speech for the ages. Lincoln feels he has failed the American people, his audience at Gettysburg, and the memory of the dead with ...

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 ...

Now, Trump has bested Lincoln once again — in a way. While Lincoln’s 1863 speech commemorating the Battle of Gettysburg remains one of the best-known in American history, Trump’s speech ...

Everett spoke for two hours while Lincoln's address lasted just over two minutes. The copies of the speech all have slightly varying text. The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches ...

Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863. Many historians argue that it is one of the most famous speeches ever given. “In 272 powerful words, Abraham Lincoln captured the pain ...