What makes Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address so famous?
The immortal words “Four score and seven years ago…” of the Gettysburg Address reverberate louder today than they did when the few words were spoken four months after the Battle of Gettysburg. The Occasion was a memorial service for the enormous loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg and a dedication of a cemetery on the past battlefield. What makes the words spoken by this heartbroken president famous is the quality and obvious sincerity of his short but heartfelt speech; the terrible occasion under which they were spoken; the magnanimous purpose of the fighting and its after effects that made the speech necessary. And yes, his use of so few words to say so much.
