LAD #13

In Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, he glorifies those who fought in the famous battle, saying that none of them died in vain. "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here", he says, ultimately setting the tone for a salutary, yet solemn speech.
In the midst of civil war, the Gettysburg Address was Lincoln's way of inspiring the nation to unite together as one force. The country had once fought together to bravely fend off the tyrannous English, yet a few hundred years later they are fighting each other over slavery. The Gettysburg Address was written to spark inspiriation in the American people, and to spark a rebirth in the ideals of the individual sections; from working against each other, to with each other.