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Podcast: Fearless Presentations
Episode: One of the Greatest Speeches in American History
Description: This special holiday episode is a continuation of our holiday series on great speeches in American history. What better way to honor and celebrate the holiday than by critiquing one of the greatest, well-known speeches? Before we begin analyzing The Gettsyburg Address, let’s dive into the history and math to put it into context.David Wills invited Abraham Lincoln to give this speech as a way to honor and memorialize those who had fallen during the Battle of Gettysburg. Why were Americans fighting? Well, if you recall, November of 1863 was the middle of our nat...