Gettysburg Address

     Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is still pertinent almost 150 years later.  Our founding fathers, such as George Washington, wanted peace, liberty, and equality to all men, but we still fight amongst each other.  They wanted the country of America to be a united nation in which every man treated each other equally and respectfully.  Peace, loyalty of one’s country and independence are all represented by Lincoln’s speech and are articulated throughout it.  Lincoln noted that the men that died at the Battle of Gettysburg did not die in vain and were honored for fighting for their country’s unity as a whole and for equality among men.  In his speech, Lincoln said that a new nation had been brought forth, one with equality and one where men did not enslave each other.  Further, in his speech, he said that he hoped that the democracy of America would continue to exist for many more generations. 

     Lincoln’s short speech made a strong impact to all that had witnessed and heard it.  The town of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Address, and the Battle of Gettysburg are all reminders of who really saved America.  As Lincoln spoke that day, the town of Gettysburg is “a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.”