On a warm afternoon in November of 1863 President Lincoln took the stand and gave one of the most well-known speeches in American history. On this day Lincoln dedicated the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His speech came towards the end of the day after a lengthy 2 hour speech from Edward Everret, and although Lincoln’s speech was only around 2 minutes many agreed that his covered the more central idea of the event than Everett’s. One part of the speech that stuck out to people was Lincoln’s “call to arms” when he addressed the citizens of America. In his speech he boldly states “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.” Lincoln said
