![]() ![]() ![]() Although Lincoln expressed disappointment in the speech initially, it has come to be regarded as one of the most elegant and eloquent speeches in U.S. ![]() He continued to reshape the aims of the war for the American people-transforming it from a war for Union to a war for Union and freedom. ![]() In his address, President Lincoln invoked the Declaration of Independence, and its principles of liberty and equality, and spoke of “a new birth of freedom” for the nation. At the ceremony, Everett spoke for more than two hours Lincoln spoke for two minutes. President Abraham Lincoln was invited “as Chief Executive of the nation, formally set apart these grounds to their sacred use by a few appropriate remarks.” The featured speaker was Edward Everett, one of the nation’s foremost orators. The Address was delivered by President Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery for the Union war dead at Gettysburg, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. This document belonged to John Nicolay, President Lincoln’s private secretary, and is believed to be the President’s reading copy. The Gettysburg Address, which has not been seen by the public since 1999, was voted as the 8th most important document in American history. ![]()
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