Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. Abraham Lincoln, 1863 What was the purpose of the famous speech quoted above?

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Nataly Bennett

26 February, 05:22

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. Abraham Lincoln, 1863 What was the purpose of the famous speech quoted above?

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Emmy Sawyer · Answer 1

The purpose of Abraham's famous speech 'The Gettysburg Address' was to dedicate the Soldiers' National Ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought months prior.