Ken Burns on the Gettysburg Address

[brtmchl]

(11-19-2013 07:05 PM)ELCore Wrote:  

(11-19-2013 12:11 PM)brtmchl Wrote:  I have heard that there were 5 drafts of the Address, The first 2 did not include these words, but the final version signed by Lincoln included these words.
I also saw a 2 year old on youtube that recited the speech from memory. It was very sweet.

We have 5 extant copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's own handwriting: two were written (in part, at least) before the speech was given and are, thus, considered to be drafts; the other three were all written afterwards. There is also a syndicated newspaper (Associated Press) version. Every version except the two drafts contain the phrase "under God". These six versions are all presented, compared, and contrasted in Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Thank you for the info.