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During my visit in June, 2015 at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial across from Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., I was intrigued by how much detail was shown throughout the entire sculpture giving its presence a powerful message. The building contains a large sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and two speeches that he wrote having a significant impact in the United States of America. There were multiple parties involved in the completion of the artwork, but who was behind it was Henry Bacon. Daniel…

The Healing of the Divided States; How Lincoln Unified a Nation On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln appeared before his fellow countrymen to be sworn in, taking presidential office for the second time. The capitol building stood before an ocean of American citizens from various demographics, ready to take in his words of wisdom. However, Lincoln had more to say than merely recognizing himself to again be the leader of the American people. He talked about an event that deeply distressed the state…

Memorial Day is a day reserved to remember those who have lost their lives in active military service. Often times the true meaning of this holiday gets lost somewhere along the way. Memorial Day, for numerous people, is a day off from work/school, a trip to the beach, or a barbeque with friends and family. It is saddening to imagine that some people may not even think about the millions of men and women who didn’t make it home from the battle field, on the day organized just for that. What does…

As am American I still believe that Lincoln’s and Kennedy’s Inaugural speech is still relevant in today’s time. As a nation we still struggle to function as a whole. Some Americans feel as if they are in slavery due to the lack of employment and our nation reaching a recession economy. Nonetheless, both Presidents’ were interested in bonding the American people. As stated in John F. Kennedy Inaugural Speech in 1961 “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your…

Lincoln’s Transcendental Address In Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, Garry Wills discusses the influence that the transcendentalist movement had on Lincolns Gettysburg Address. The transcendentalist movement was brought about from the idea of transcendentalism; everyone has equal knowledge of themselves and the world beyond that, relating to what people see, hear, touch and feel. Throughout Wills chapter, titled “The Transcendental Declaration”, Wills argues that Lincolns…

I enjoyed listening the five different interpretations of Lincoln’s speech, but my favorite interpretation of the speech was the speech by John Getty because the his voice, mood, and his appearance stood out from the other speeches. The speakers of the other speeches spoke in a low-pitched voice, in contrast, Getty’s voice is higher pitched, with and fluctuated throughout the speech to express emotion. Unlike the other speeches, which were delivered in a dull, and solemn tone, Getty’s tone…

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, is a call to the north that they need to band together in-order-to abolish slavery and win the Civil War. Lincoln's trying to inspire the north to press on in the civil war, because it is the right thing to do. He shows resolve to stand behind the idea that slavery is wrong. Lincoln's speech following the important battle of Gettysburg, aims to be what inspires the people of the north to push on and put an end to this unjust war. Success was the result of…

Abraham Lincoln, a man known for his honesty and optimism towards the future of the United States of America during the turmoil of the Civil War. A man devoted to his divided country and its suffering people. A man grounded in his Christian faith. This man, the sixteenth president of the United States of America, spoke with precision and elegance. Lincoln presented many speeches during his life, and even after his assassination scholars explore his writings. During Lincoln’s presidency, he…

Martin Luther King Jr’s speech “I have a dream” is about the Civil Rights Movement, equality between white people and African American. To demand racial justice and an integrated society for the black community. This speech takes place at Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. in front of hundreds of people to put a stop segregation and discrimination in America that’s been going on for years. Martin Luther King Jr delivered a speech with powerful use of language that both connects to white folks and…

Words have the power to express abstract ideas or to make one feel an array of emotions. To access the deeper meanings of these words it is imperative to analyze and read between the lines. Even in spite of its brevity, taking only seven minutes to recite, Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address has a large number of deeper meanings that can easily be foreseen. In Ronald C. White Jr.'s novel Lincoln's Greatest Speech the author makes Lincoln's speech more significant by comparing the Second…