Seven score and nine years now before
Lincoln spoke of devotion in war
But he’d ne’er have been there
Had he not, three years ere
Let us know of the plans he’d in store

Event: Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech at Cooper Union in New York City, considered instrumental to his receiving the Republican nomination for the upcoming presidential election
Year: 1860
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Union_speech
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address