2007-03-16 09:14:43 · 19 answers · asked by Abby S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
87 years was used in Lincoln in gettysburg address.
2007-03-19 11:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Willie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abraham Lincoln wrote The Gettysburg Address after the Battle of Gettysburg. A score is 20 years. 4 score would be 80 years. 4 score and seven would be 87 years.
2007-03-16 17:06:26 · answer #2 · answered by Washington 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was composed by abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address and it means 87 years ago (A score = 20 20 x 4=80+7=87 1863-87=1776. It was composed and orated on November 19,1863 at the dedication of a Gettysburg cemetery for those who had fallen in battle in July 1,2,3 1863.
2007-03-16 19:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abe Lincoln wrote that famous line in his Gettysburg Address. A Score is 20 years and he was saying," In 1776 are forefather gave birth to a new nation." He was talking about the Declaration of Independence. Also it means the means the birth of the USA.
2007-03-16 20:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by MG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address. 87 years
2007-03-16 16:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by Andy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln wrote "four score and seven years ago" (a score being 20, so it is 87 years ago) "our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, concieved in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal..."
As the beginning of the Gettysberg Address. (he is basically saying '87 years ago this counrty was founded by people who wanted liberty and equality for all') He gave this speech after the battle of Gettysberg during the Civil War.
There's more to it, but I won't write it!
2007-03-16 16:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oddly worded question.
Abe Lincoln wrote it in his Gettysburg Address, as was already said here. It is definitely 87 years (4 times 20, plus 7).
It refers to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which was written in 1776... 87 years before 1863, when the Gettysburg Address was written.
2007-03-16 16:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a "Score" equals twenty... so "four score and seven" would mean 87... Which was how many years had passed between the the war of 1776 and the speech that Abraham Lincoln gave at Gettysburg.
2007-03-16 16:19:59 · answer #8 · answered by scotfritz@snet.net 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address.
2007-03-16 16:17:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A score is 20 years so it means 87 years ago. It was part of Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
2007-03-16 16:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by Chanteuse_ar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
87 years. A score is 20 years. Abraham Lincoln.
2007-03-16 16:17:51 · answer #11 · answered by Scotch Tape 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋