THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

1.THE BATTLE WAS OVER SHOES.


2.LINCOLN BEGAN HIS SPEECH BY STATING THAT ''OUR FATHERS BROUGT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION , CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND DEDICATED TO PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.


3.THE LIVING MUST PRESERVE THE NATION.


4.PRESIDENT LINCOLN HAD GIVEN HIS BRIEF SPEECH A LOT OF THOUGHT. HE SAW MEANING IN THE FACT THAT THE UNION VICTORY AT GETTUSBURG CONCIDED WITH NATIONS BIRTHDAY ; BUT RATHER THAN FOCUS ON THE SPECIFIC BATTLE IN HIS REMARKS , HE WANTED TO PRESENT A BROAD STATEMENT ABOUT THE LARGER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR.