Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg Address
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a famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He expressed his grief for the soldiers killed in the American Civil War, and talked about the principles that they died for, in words that are often remembered by Americans: 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 ... We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

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  • Gettysburg Address — noun a three minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑address, ↑speech …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gettysburg Address — famous speech about the Civil War made by President Abraham Lincoln on the 19th of November 1863 at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Gettysburg Address — /ˌgɛtizbɜg əˈdrɛs/ (say .geteezberg uh dres) noun the speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, president of the US, at the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, in 1863 …  

  • Gettysburg Address, the — Get|tys|burg Ad|dress, the [ ,getizbɜrg ə dres ] an important speech that was given by President Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War in 1863. It includes the famous expression government of the people, by the people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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