LAD #15: The Gettysburg Address

In this famous speech, Lincoln honors the soldiers of the civil war, who sacrificed their own lives so that the union could live.  Lincoln utters one of his most famous lines "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here"  He dedicates the field as a resting place for those who so valiantly fought for their country.  He states that these men should not die in vein and that their efforts should serve as beneficial to the country.