LAD #15

Lincoln beings his Gettysburg speech by restating the phrase "all men are created equal." He considers the war to be a test of the nation's endurance and pays respect to those who died during the battle before his speech. Lincoln reminds his audience that this war was for the preservation of the union and that those who died ought not to have died in vain. They sacrificed their lives for this cause, and Lincoln inspires his audience to not allow their deaths to have been for nothing. He concludes his seven minute speech by stating that he hopes America will be able to recover from the conflict and that the nation they spent so many years shaping would not cease to exist.