The Gettysburg Address

1. The Gettysburg Address Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863 Prepared by T. Ditterline.

2. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,

3. …conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

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

5. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.

6. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground

7. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.

8. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

9. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

10. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--

11. --that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,

12. that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom,

13. and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,

14. shall not perish from the earth. The Civil Was 35 Star flag http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/usflag/images/35star.gif

15. The complete Gettysburg Address delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 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.  We are met on a great battle-field of that war.  We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.  It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.        But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate--we can not consecrate--we can not hallow-- this ground.  The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.  The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.  It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.  It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Source: "Lincoln at Gettysburg" by Garry Wills

16. Many thanks to the following resources… Map of Gettysburg, Slide 1, Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/ Lincoln Standing and delivering his speech, Slide 2, Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Gettysburg.html Negroes for Sale, slide 3, Retrieved from http://www.cushcity.com/slavedocedu.htm Battery Drill, slide 4, Retrieved from http://www.sfondideldesktop.com/Images-Misc-1.htm Battelfield, Slide 5, Retrieved from www.sonofthesouth.net/.../battle-gettysburg.htm Civil War Soldiers, Slide 6, Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos Dead on the battlefield, Slide 7, Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/ General Longstreet, Slide 8 Retrieved from http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/graphics/longstreet.jpg General Robert E Lee, Slide8, Retrieved from http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1864/robert-e-lee.htm General Chamberlain, Slide 8, Retrieved from http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/athens/response4.html Battle of Gettysburg, Slide 9, Retrieved from http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/3680/CivilWar_Images.html Recruitment poster, Slide 10, Retrieved from http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/lineart/pages/Recuiting_Poster.html Dead on the Battlefield with Trees, Slide 11, Retrieved from http://www.civil-war.net/searchphotos.asp?searchphotos=Gettysburg,%20PA African American with Flag, slide 12, Retrieved from http://www.awod.com/cwchas/afrwash.html Gettysburg_battle_1, Slide 12, Retrieved from http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/5600/5660/gettysburg_battle_1.htm Lincoln and freed slaves, Slide 13, retrieved from http://www.sonofthesouth.net/Abraham_Lincoln_Freed_Slaves.htm Civil War Flag, Slide 14, Retrieved from http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/usflag/images/35star.gif