From Mass Movement "Edward Everett gives Gettysburg Address.
November 19, 1863.
The Place: Gettysburg
Two Major Speeches Given That Day
Of course, the best-known was the shortest by far, the one President Abraham Lincoln gave. His followed a much, much longer, but eloquent speech nonetheless.
That first one was given by Edward Everett, considered the country's greatest orator and a successor to Daniel Webster.
The Boston orator was the obvious choice for the occasion. During his forty year career as professor, diplomat and statesman, he had consistently dazzled audiences. At Gettysburg that day, he held the crowd spellbound for two hours.
When the president followed him to the podium, he spoke for just three minutes. But what a three minutes. What he said that day has entered into the national memory.
Abraham Lincoln gave a handwritten copy of his speech to Edward Everett and that is the one at the Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
--Old Secesh
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