Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Nov. 19, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln ...

Lincoln needed about 270 words for one of the most sacred texts in U.S. history. Nov. 19. 2013— -- Of the five known copies of the "Gettysburg Address" in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting (all a ...