History Quiz: How many of you say Abe Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address?

[shortylickens]

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[sdifox]

I am not sure what you are asking. Lincoln did give the speech that became known as the Gettysburg address.

 

[brianmanahan]

Did Lincoln delivery the Gettysburg Address?

he didn't delivery it

he digiorno'd it

 

[Captante]

I am not sure what you are asking

It's a shorty-thread ... don't ask too many questions!

 

[IronWing]

"Look me up at my Gettysburg address."

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

^^^ That post Bugs me.

 

[shortylickens]

The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Edward Everett and took about two hours. Abraham Lincoln spoke afterwards and his speech was much shorter and frankly better. So its been remembered more fondly and more readily in the years since. In fact its short enough that actors around the world frequently memorize and deliver it for no particular reason. Charlton Heston may be the most famous.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Short 1973) - Reference view - IMDb

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Directed by Jerry Kurtz. With Charlton Heston.

www.imdb.com

 

[Muse]

I am not sure what you are asking. Lincoln did give the speech that became known as the Gettysburg address.

and he wrote it on the back of an envelope on a train on the way to Gettysburg.

Also, FYI:

Abraham Lincoln at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) surmounts Lyndon B. Johnson as the tallest president. James Madison, the shortest president, was 5 ft 4 in (163 cm).

 

[nakedfrog]

The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Edward Everett and took about two hours. Abraham Lincoln spoke afterwards and his speech was much shorter and frankly better. So its been remembered more fondly and more readily in the years since. In fact its short enough that actors around the world frequently memorize and deliver it for no particular reason. Charlton Heston may be the most famous.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Short 1973) - Reference view - IMDb

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Directed by Jerry Kurtz. With Charlton Heston.

www.imdb.com

I guess that's one way to view the information.

While it is Lincoln's short speech that has gone down in history as one of the finest examples of English public oratory, it was Everett's oration that was slated to be the "Gettysburg address" that day. His now seldom-read oration was 13,607 words long[16] and lasted two hours.[17]

So while in a pedantic, technical sense, you may be right, but in a practical and realistic sense, you're wrong. We teach that Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address because no one cares about this Everett guy's two hours of yammering.

 

[BudAshes]

he didn't delivery it

he digiorno'd it

That cheap joke made me laugh. I'm embarrassed for you telling it and me for laughing at it.

 

[JM Aggie08]

It's been a long day. For some reason I thought to myself 'I should look up how Lincoln died. I wonder what happened.'

It's very a long day.

 

[waffleironhead]

Are you claiming there was only one address?

 

[BudAshes]

It's been a long day. For some reason I thought to myself 'I should look up how Lincoln died. I wonder what happened.'

It's very a long day.

I believe it was a logging accident.

He was just always playing with those damn logs.

 

[shortylickens]

It's been a long day. For some reason I thought to myself 'I should look up how Lincoln died. I wonder what happened.'

It's very a long day.

I remember once in 12th grade some dickhead stoner asked "hey is Kennedy still alive?" and I wanted to fuckin smack him.

 

[Shmee]

I remember once in 12th grade some dickhead stoner asked "hey is Kennedy still alive?" and I wanted to fuckin smack him.

He just went home.

 

[brianmanahan]

It's been a long day. For some reason I thought to myself 'I should look up how Lincoln died. I wonder what happened.'

It's very a long day.

"but other than that, mrs. lincoln, how was the play?"

 

[SKORPI0]

Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend

True statements

• Both were elected to congress in '46: Lincoln was elected in 1846 from Illinois,[8][9] and Kennedy was elected in 1946 from Massachusetts.[10][11]
• Both were elected to the presidency in '60: Lincoln was elected in 1860,[12][13] and Kennedy was elected in 1960.[14][15]
• Both have seven letters in their last names ("Lincoln" and "Kennedy").
• Both were concerned with civil rights:
  • Lincoln felt strongly that all slaves should be freed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which legally freed slaves within the Confederacy.[16]
  • Kennedy was concerned with racial equality and was the first to propose what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[17][18]
• Both married in their 30s to women that were in their 20s:
  • Lincoln was married on November 4, 1842,[19][20] Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809,[16][9] making him 33 years old at the time of his wedding. Lincoln's bride, Mary Anne Todd, was born on December 13, 1818,[21][22] making her 23 years old at the time of the wedding.
  • Kennedy was married on September 12, 1953,[23][24] Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917,[23][11] making him 36 years old at the time of his wedding. Kennedy's bride, Jacqueline Bouvier, was born on July 28, 1929,[25][26] making her 24 years old at the time of the wedding.
• Both were shot on a Friday: Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865,[16][27] and Kennedy was shot on Friday, November 22, 1963.[28][29]
• Both were shot in the head. (Lincoln[30][31] and Kennedy[32][33]).
• Both were assassinated by Southerners: Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth from Maryland,[34][35] and Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from New Orleans, Louisiana.[36][37]
• Both of the presidents' successors were named Johnson: Lincoln was succeeded by Andrew Johnson,[38][39] and Kennedy was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson.[33][40]
• Both were succeeded by Southerners: Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee,[39] and Lyndon B. Johnson was from Texas.[41][42]
• Both successors were born in '08: Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808,[43][39] and Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 27, 1908[41][42]
• Both assassins, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, are known by their three names, although this is common for many notorious assassins who are covered by the press (see Mark David Chapman). This is routinely done by the press to avoid tarnishing the reputations of people with similar names (i.e. there are many John Booths, Lee Oswalds, and Mark Chapmans).[44]
• Each assassin's full name is composed of fifteen letters.

Uncertain assumptions

• Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials:
  • On April 26, 1865, after refusing to surrender, John Wilkes Booth was assassinated by Sergeant Boston Corbett.[45][46]
  • On November 24, 1963, on his way to the county jail, Lee Harvey Oswald was assassinated by night club owner, Jack Ruby.[36][37]

False assumptions

• Although President Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln,[47] President Lincoln did not have a secretary named "Kennedy".[5]
• Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse, and Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater
  • Booth did run from Ford's Theatre where he shot Lincoln, but was caught in a barn in Virginia, not a warehouse.[48][49]
  • Oswald fled from the Texas School Book Depository, which was a warehouse where Oswald worked and from where he had shot Kennedy, and was arrested in a movie theater.[33][37]

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I remember once in 12th grade some dickhead stoner asked "hey is Kennedy still alive?" and I wanted to fuckin smack him.

Did he specify which one?

 

[BudAshes]

Did he specify which one?

Jamie.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's been a long day. For some reason I thought to myself 'I should look up how Lincoln died. I wonder what happened.'

It's very a long day.

For a good time, look up how George Washington died.

 

[Muse]

For a good time, look up how George Washington died.

I haven't yet, but I'm reading a pretty darn good book (because a guy online said it was his favorite that he reads again and again),

Voices of 1776: The Story of the American Revolution in the Words of Those Who Were There

It's really good. Paints a very positive portrait of George, Benedict Arnold too, I must say. I've only read about 1/2 so don't know where it goes.

Now, I did look up Alexander Hamilton and his death (a few weeks ago), about which I'd forgotten. I went to Alexander Hamilton High School in L.A., so ...

 

[Captante]

I remember once in 12th grade some dickhead stoner asked "hey is Kennedy still alive?" and I wanted to fuckin smack him.

Without some identifier other then "Kennedy" involved the correct answer here would be yes.

 

[Muse]

Without some identifier other then "Kennedy" involved the correct answer here would be yes.

Well, there's plenty of dead Kennedys.

 

[Captante]

Well, there's plenty of dead Kennedys.

Live ones too!