“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ... that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Lincoln dedicated the new cemetery at the battlefield in November 1863, four months after the battle. He spoke for under three minutes. Opening and closing shown — memorize the whole address, it is only 272 words.