LAD #13: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

During the Civil War between the North and South lands many lives were lost, and in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address he upholds the principles of human equality well throughout. He addresses the people by saying that those lives were not a any lost cause at all but helped to contribute to the current nation, and what it was at this time. He said the war was a test to see if our nation could endure, defining it as a new birth of freedom, in order to bring that equality to all American citizens. Since they fought to preserve the nation, their lives should be celebrated and not grieved over. The country needs to focus on it's unity and becoming one whole. He greatly honored the people who fought in the American Revolution for a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The nation was restored, it would no longer be a union of individual states, but gave reference to the Constitution by saying that all men were(are) created equal.