How Well Do You Know The Gettysburg Address?

Lauren Kirkbride|History|7 Jul 2019

According to legend, where did Abraham Lincoln write the speech?

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Lincoln and McClellan at Antietam in a tent.

Retry Correct Incorrect Rumors say that he jotted it down on the back of an envelope during a train ride, but in reality, he likely wrote at least half of the speech before departing for Pennsylvania. He drafted the entire oration himself.

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According to legend, where did Abraham Lincoln write the speech?

In what is now the Lincoln Room in the White House
On the aftermath of the battlefield
On the train ride from Washington to Pennsylvania
He didn’t; his wife wrote it for him

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