A score is 20 so four score and 7 is 87. 1863- 87 = 1776 .
Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address in 1863. It started with: "Fourscore and seven years ago...". This was a reference to the Declaration of Independence. 1863 minus 1776 equals fourscore and seven (87) years.
A speech delivered by President Lincoln in 1863 commemorating Independence Day. Four scores and seven years: 4 scores x 20 years/score + 7 yrs.= 80 yrs + 7 yrs. = 87 years 1863 - 87 = 1776 which was the year the then United States declared independence on July 4.
The Lincoln speech at Gettyburg was in 1863. 87 years prior to that was 1776. The Declaration of Independence was approved in 1776.
The Declaration of Independence in 1776.
It took 6 years to build the transcontinental railroad which was through the years of 1863 from May 10th to the year 1869. Some say 20 years. Overland route came after.
Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address in 1863. It started with: "Fourscore and seven years ago...". This was a reference to the Declaration of Independence. 1863 minus 1776 equals fourscore and seven (87) years.
The connection is that Lincoln began his Gettysburg Address in 1863 with the words: "Fourscore and nineteen years ago". The preceeding answer is INCORRECT. Do the math: 1863 minus 1776 equals 87 (fourscore and seven). Look at the Gettysburg Address and READ the first sentence. You will se it starts: "Fourscore and SEVEN years ago"....
A score = 20 years, so:4 x 20 = 8080 + 7 =8787Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address in 1863 and said "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." If you subtract 87 years from the year 1863, you get 1776; the year our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence.
A speech delivered by President Lincoln in 1863 commemorating Independence Day. Four scores and seven years: 4 scores x 20 years/score + 7 yrs.= 80 yrs + 7 yrs. = 87 years 1863 - 87 = 1776 which was the year the then United States declared independence on July 4.
Do you remember Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? It was delivered in 1863, 87 years after the 1776 US Declaration of Independence. It began, "Fourscore and seven years ago ..." A 'score' is just another way of saying 20. Twenty of anything. It's similar to 'dozen' being just another way of saying 12. Fourscore is four times 20, or 80. Fourscore and seven is 80 plus seven, or 87. Lincoln could have begun his speech by saying, "Eighty seven years ago." But, "Fourscore and seven years ago" was a much more memorable way of expressing the same time frame. Way back then, eloquent oratory was a highly valued skill. Unlike today, with 'Yo, dude' and its ilk.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal -Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address, 1863 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal -Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address, 1863
1776 - the Declaration of Independence.
Literally, "four twenties and seven years ago," or "87 years ago." A score is 20. Four score is 80, and 7 is 87. So four score and seven years ago means 87 years ago. (see "Wikipedia"; "Gettysburg Address". 1863 minus 87=1776; 4th July - Declaration of Independence!) "Fourscore" means eighty (80). A score is twenty. It's not in very common use any more, but it is a word like "dozen," which means twelve (12)--a special word for a certain number. (And a gross is 12 x 12, or 144.) So if a score = 20, fourscore = 4 x 20 = 80. And 7 makes 87. 1 score = 20 years 4 score = 80 years 4 score 7 years = 87 years
the singing of the declaration of independence. The Gettysburg address was in 1863 four score and seven years ago refers to 87 years which is 1776 the singing of the Declaration of Independence.
The American Revolution, was the event, which President Lincoln refers to, in his Gettysburg Address, which took place in November 1863. The term "score" refers to a unit of twenty years; four score, is 4 20s or 80 years, and 7, is 87 years. 87 years, prior to 1863 (the year the Gettysburg Address, was given.), was 1776, the year of the American Revolution.
In November 1863, Lincoln said that in 1776 - 87 years earlier - the US was founded.
The American Revolution, was the event, which President Lincoln refers to, in his Gettysburg Address, which took place in November 1863. The term "score" refers to a unit of twenty years; four score, is 4 20s or 80 years, and 7, is 87 years. 87 years, prior to 1863 (the year the Gettysburg Address, was given.), was 1776, the year of the American Revolution.