A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the Gettysburg Address have been removed from a Cornell University library. “Someone complained, and it was gone,” Cornell biology professor Randy ...

Speaking of the latter, President Lincoln on November 19, 1863, was scheduled to deliver the Gettysburg Address. As it’s widely known, the battle at Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest and costliest ...

Modern-day politicians would do well to learn from the brevity of Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, the speechwriter for former President George H.W. Bush says on the 150th anniversary of one ...

On this day 155 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, a brief speech during the Civil War that would go down as perhaps the best bit of oration in American history.

President Abraham Lincoln was asked to speak at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg. On that day, Nov. 19, 1863, Lincoln gave a 2-minute, 272-word speech that The Patriot ...

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most memorable speeches in American history.Lincoln’s speech, though just 271 words, served as a reminder to ...

There have been many presidential inaugural addresses, and many great works of American literature. There are precious few documents that are both, but President Abraham Lincoln delivered one 150 ...

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 ...

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This segment was rebroadcast on March 4, 2021. For that audio, click here. On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln stood at the U.S. Capitol to deliver his second inaugural address. Lincoln’s ...