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Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address: Words That Remade America

Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address: Words That Remade America

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On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery for the Union soldiers who had fallen there four months earlier. What he said — just 272 words, in about two minutes — would become the most famous speech in American history. But the story behind the Gettysburg Address is far richer than the final text. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the battle that prompted the speech, Lincoln's drafting process on White House stationery and perhaps on the train, the competing speech by famed orator Edward Everett that lasted two hours, and the immediate reaction from newspapers both North and South. They discuss how Lincoln wove the language of the Declaration of Independence into a new founding for the nation, transforming the Civil War from a struggle for Union into a struggle for a 'new birth of freedom.' They also examine the Address's legacy — how it was initially met with partisan criticism, yet gradually became a sacred text. Along the way, they touch on the controversy over whether Lincoln really wrote it on an envelope, the only known photograph of Lincoln at Gettysburg, and what the speech meant for the families of the 51,000 casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg. #GettysburgAddress #AbrahamLincoln #CivilWar #Gettysburg #EdwardEverett #Union #Emancipation #DeclarationOfIndependence #DavidWills #WilliamSaunders #November1863 #BattleOfGettysburg #NewBirthOfFreedom #CemeteryDedication #AmericanHistory #Oratory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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