President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 at the dedication of the Soldiers Cemetery on the grounds of the Battle of Gettysburg. In his speech Lincoln told the world that the United States would continue to fight so that the world, not just the U.S., could enjoy freedom and equality. Lincoln spoke only 272 words in this speech that lasted two minutes. The President was not the keynote speaker for the ceremony; Edward Everett was. Everett was a noted orator of the time, and he gave a two-hour opening address. He later admitted that Lincoln had more effectively expressed the purpose of the war and the deaths of the men in the cemetery...
