The tone is respectful because he states in his speech that, "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract." In this quote Lincoln shows that he has a lot of respect towards the soldiers. The tone is optimistic because he says, "-- that we were highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." In this quote he is optimistic because he is encouraging them that they will not lose the battle so that the soldiers that died wouldn't have died in vain. For example, Lincoln was determined that the soldiers wouldn't die in vain.
Lincoln helped unite the country during its biggest internal conflict in its history. As the Commander of Chief he used powers of war that no President of the past had ever done before and led the troops as commanding general. With his leadership he eventually overtook the South and won the battle. During Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address he said “this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” (showcase.netins.net) He concluded that “the Civil War had a profound objective - a new founding of the nation” (showcase.netins.net) This result changed how America would be for future Presidents. Slavery was no longer legal and the way the nation was looked upon changed as well.
The speech was approximately two minutes long, and is known as one of the greatest speeches in American History. In those two minutes Lincoln demonstrated the principles of human equality that our nation has, and explained a new form of freedom for all Americans in the U.S. Lincoln presented a form of democracy and the birth of newly unified nation. At the beginning of the Gettysburg Address Lincoln states how four score and seven years ago (1776) our continent brought forth a new nation. In this first powerful sentence Lincoln addresses the Revolutionary War and what that victory brought to our nation. The Civil War nearly ripped apart our nation and many lives were lost in the process.
Lincoln persuades and assures the people that the Confederates are malicious rebels, bent on, “making war,” and, “destroying the nation.” He does this by referring to the Confederates only as “insurgents,” and giving them an aura of wickedness by saying, “Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” This cunning use of diction and antithesis, using “make war” in reference to the Confederates and “accept war” in relation to the Union, puts all the blame of the war on the Confederates. Lincoln pushes this point again with antithesis, declaring that while he was, “devoted altogether to saving
People like this should be recognize and not ignored. They should be commended. I’m not just saying this because most of my family is retired military, I’m saying this because of the stories my grandfather have told me and even the stories my older brother has told me. They often don’t get the help they deserve when they get back from overseas. In help, I mean when they are traumatized by the stuff they have seen or/and done in while serving their country.
President Lincoln made it clear that it was for both sides, not just one or the other, because even though they were divided, they were fighting for the same country. This action, dedicating the cemetery to gain some remembrance for the soldiers, was a main goal of the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln hoped to restore the pride these
Many people in my family have served in the Armed Forces, and when I brought this case up to them, they immediately assumed I would be on the dissenting side. They felt that the flag should be highly esteemed and cherished because of all of the men, and women, who have served and died under the flag for the good and protection of the United States, regardless of the country’s problematic history. The Armed Forces fight to allow the country to become a better place, not to explicitly carry out the country’s political agenda. My grandfather, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam Conflict, agreed that people had the right to hold their own personal beliefs about the flag. However, he believes that this case is not simply about citizens disrespecting the flag, but that the case is about citizens disrespecting servicemen and servicewomen in the armed forces who place extreme value in the flag.
Introduction Most of us realize the amount of sacrifice the men and women of the armed services give in order to support our country. The time spent away from their families, the continuous deployments to foreign countries (at times third world countries), risking their lives as they fight our country’s wars, are all sacrifices made by these service men and women for being part of our country’s voluntary service. Our government especially realizes what a person forgoes to support the nation, and taking these factors as well as others into consideration they compensate these men and women somewhat appropriately. Of course there is not a price that can be offered for endangering one’s life, but the men and women of the armed services understand this and feel somewhat comfortable with the compensation they receive plus they are doing something they volunteered to do. A military compensation plan is not only appropriate because of the sacrifices these men and women make on a day-to-day basis, but also because these men and women are of real value to the civilian sector.
It is the last part that draws our attention. Lincoln was totally committed to the idea of a government based on the freedom of the individual. The creation of the United States not only guaranteed freedom to all its citizens, and to the rest of the world. Here was a place where men could be free. After surveying the battlefield, he realized that “the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,” (Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863) had already, by their bravery, consecrated the
At the time the don’t ask don’t tell policy was in effect, but soldiers were still being discharged. In conclusion, I am glad that the policy got repealed and I give a lot of credit to President Obama for keeping his word during his campaign to end the don’t ask don’t tell policy. There are still credits who oppose lifting the ban, but it was the right thing to do. As long as your sexuality do not interfere with your work, I do not see why you would be banned from doing your job. Finally I want to say, God bless our men and women who proudly serve our country with such dignity and professionalism.