as a nation 'conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,' and represented the Civil War as a test that would determine whether such a nation could endure.
In just 271 words, beginning with the now famous phrase 'Four score and seven years ago,' referring to the signing of the Declaration of Independence 87 years earlier, Lincoln described the U.S. It remains one of the best known speeches in American history. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's deadliest battle. The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
