President Abraham Lincoln delivered an iconic speech in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at the dedication of a military cemetery on November
19, 1863. In his brief remarks ... known as "The Gettysburg Address" ... Lincoln
equated the catastrophic suffering caused by the Civil War with the efforts of
the American people to live up to the proposition that ... "all men are
created equal".
This document featured by The Library of Congress ... on view
as part of The Civil War in America exhibition in the Fall of 2013 ... is
presumed to be the only working or pre-delivery draft and is commonly
identified as the "Nicolay Copy" because it was once owned by John George
Nicolay, Lincoln's private secretary.
Video courtesy of The Library of Congress, 2014 Edited with
visual enhancement by USA Patriotism!
