President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, 1863

He was asked to say…”Just a few words, Mr. President… just a few words…”
AKA
The Great Emancipator
Born
1809
Died
1865
Portrait Year
1863
Portrait Age
54

Standing in the rain, ill with fever and despairing that his listerners would not stay through his “few words”, he encapsulated the entire meaning of the hideous war and its outcome. In two minutes, he spoke the greatest message the nation was ever to hear!

Region
Americas