LAD #15: Gettysburg Adress

          The address begins with the famous line "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." - a principal that had now come into play, taking center stage as the catalyst of the civil war, manifesting itself in the form of the debate on slavery. Lincoln states that although they have made part of the battleground a memorial, they cannot consecrate it. That is done by the individuals who fought and died on the field. They shall not die in vain, as tremendous effort will be made to ensure "the birth of a new freedom" and the preservation of the union.