The reference to the declaration of independence was done as a way to encouraged Americans to live up to the ideals of the Founding Fathers.
This was the address that was given by President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the soldiers cemetery in Gettysburg.
The address had to do with the promotion of the equality of humans and the ideals that were contained in the declaration of independence.
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