What does the gettysburg address really mean?
This is a simple version of the Gettysburg Address: Eighty-seven (87) years ago, the European settlers on this continent created a new nation, created in liberty, and dedicated to the idea that all people are created equal. At this time, our country is involved in a big internal war, which is testing whether this nation (or any other nation which claims to have the same ideals that we do) can last very long. A great battle of that war occurred in the area where we are meeting here today. We are here to dedicate a part of it as a cemetery for the soldiers who died so that our nation could continue to live. It is right and good for us to do this. But, when you think about it, we cannot dedicate or bless this ground. The brave people, living and dead, who fought here, have already blessed this place more than we will ever be able to. The world might not care about or remember what we say here, but it will never forget what they did here.
