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The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. What does this monument signify about the importance of Abraham Lincoln in the American heritage?
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 Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, given on November 19, 1863, recognized the central importance of founding-era principles to the meaning and destiny of America. He noted that eighty-seven years had passed since the birth of “a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” He praised the men who fought and died at the battle of Gettysburg for the ideas that have united and sustained the American people. And he urged his fellow citizens to “resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that 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.” These elegant words signify the enduring legacy of Abraham Lincoln to the people of America.
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