LAD #15: The Gettysburg Address

Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address

Lincoln begins the Gettysburg Address by saying that when the Founding Fathers made the country, they did so on the premise that "all men were created equal", but the country had become engaged in a civil war over that very issue. The Civil War, he said, was like a test to see how long the nation could endure. He then stated that the true importance of the gathering there was to honor the efforts of the fallen soldiers, and that the remaining living should carry on the goals of the dead and prevent the country from collapsing and disappearing.