Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
- Reading level
- Plain English
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- Free
About the book
"Lincoln's Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln is a speech delivered on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Following the Civil War's deadliest battle, Lincoln spoke for less than two minutes before 15,000 people, delivering only 271 words. He invoked the Declaration of Independence and honored those who died defending the nation's founding principles, closing with his famous vision of "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
- Consecration of cemeteries
- Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #4. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on Wikipedia.
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