This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," delivered November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page also offers audio readings by six famous people: Johnny Cash, Jeff Daniels, Jim Getty, W.H. Hooley, Colin Powell, and Sam Waterston. In addition, it provides links to the original draft written by Abraham Lincoln.

Concepts

abraham lincoln, civil war

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Additional Tags

abraham lincoln's "gettysburg address", delivered 19 november 1863, gettysburg address

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RI.9-10.9