November 19, 1863
President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the Soldiers Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
November 20, 1863
President Lincoln writes to Edward Everett, the principal speaker at Gettysburg, thanking him for his "kind remarks" about the Gettysburg Address.
November 23, 1860
President-elect Lincoln arrives in Chicago, Illinois to meet Hannibal Hamlin, his vice-president elect.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861