50 This Day in History: November 19th, 1863 (161 years ago) President Abraham Lincoln Gave the Gettysburg Address, One of the More Famous Speeches in Presidential History (www.abrahamlincolnonline.org) posted 1 day ago by Jscholl17 1 day ago by Jscholl17 +50 / -0 2 comments share 2 comments share save hide report block hide replies
We had to, or rather were privileged to, memorize it in grade school. It is short and meaningful, not that hard to memorize.
I doubt that kids now are expected to memorize it . . . or understand it . . . or even know about it.