On this day, Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered some of the most memorable words in American history - The Gettysburg Address.
He was there to dedicate the cemetery at Gettysburg, which only months before was the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles.
But Lincoln was also there to reaffirm his dedication to securing freedom for everyone.
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Lincoln's words from that famous speech and others from his life comprise a work by American Composer Aaron Copland, called "Lincoln Portrait."
It's a work that had its premiere in 1942, during the Second World War.
According to Copland's eponymous website he said, "I hoped to suggest something of the mysterious sense of fatality that surrounds Lincoln's personality. The challenge was to compose something simple, yet interesting enough to fit Lincoln."
The work has been performed on many significant occasions and with narrators such as: Carl Sandburg, William Warfield, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Composer Aaron Copland.
