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Gettysburg Address
History of USA
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| 1864 | Gettysburg Address Lincoln, Abraham | |
Nov 19th | Dedicates the living to the struggle to ensure that "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth" |
Nov 19th | Delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg |
Nov 19th | Invokes the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens & the states |
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