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 ...

Abraham Lincoln is ... His own writings are likely a part of the reason. Enjoy his birthday by reading his most famous — and concise — address. The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven ...

Seven score and 18 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but consequential speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ... but the night after his November 19, 1863 address, he was plagued by something ...

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 ...