Four score and seven years...
"Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers brought forth upon this continent a new
nation, conceived in liberty and justice and dedicated to the proposition that all men are
created equal." We all know those are the opening lines of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
It was given at the dedication of a cemetery. It's interesting that at the memorial
ceremony, Lincoln referred the people to their beginnings. It is also interesting that it was
not intended that the president's speech be the keynote of the day. It was not even
