Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

Daily Essay 2013, William Morrisey, Ph.D. 2. The Constitution, 4. The Classics that Inspired the Constitution, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, Article IV Section 4, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence, Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, The Constitution of the United States of America, William Morrisey PhD

Guest Essayist: Professor Will Morrisey, William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the United States Constitution at Hillsdale College

What Is the “New Birth of Freedom”?

Lincoln came to the Gettysburg field of the dead and spoke of “a new birth of freedom.” What did he mean by it?

A lot of men killed a lot of other men at Gettysburg during those three days in July of 1863. But that happened more than once in the Civil War: at Antietam, in the Wilderness, at Cold Harbor, and many other places. People remember those places and those battles, too, but not the way they remember Gettysburg.

Maybe because this was the battle? The one in which the Confederate States of America lost not just a battle but began to lose the war? But why did they lose this battle and that war? Read more

May 24, 2013/2 Comments/by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie

Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln – Reprinted from The U.S. Constitution, A Reader, Published by Hillsdale College

Classics that Inspired the Constitution, Daily Reading 2013, Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, The Original Documents 4. The Classics that Inspired the Constitution, Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

From July 1 to 3, 1863, 160,000 men from the Union and Confederate armies met at Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania. It would prove to be the turning point of the war, but with more than 50,000 casualties from both sides it was among the most costly of battles. President Lincoln’s speech, delivered four months later, lasted only two minutes. But it said as much or more about the Civil War than any book written since.

November 19, 1863

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. Read more

May 24, 2013/0 Comments/by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie

Introductory Essay To “The Classics That Inspired The Constitution”

Daily Essay 2013, David J. Bobb, Ph.D., Declaration of Independence 4. The Classics that Inspired the Constitution, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, David J. Bobb PhD, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence, Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, The Articles of Confederation, The Constitution of the United States of America

Guest Essayist: Dr. David Bobb, Director, Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, Hillsdale College

When in 1863 Abraham Lincoln began his address at Gettysburg battlefield with the phrase, “Four score and seven years ago,” he reminded his fellow citizens that their cause in the Civil War was also the cause of 1776. In the year of America’s birth, Lincoln stated, “Our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

America’s principles are liberty and equality, and our Founding understanding of their relationship was revolutionary. Read more

February 16, 2013/14 Comments/by Juliette Turner

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