Gettysburg Address: What's Up With the Title?
Gettysburg Address: What's Up With the Title?
Although the Gettysburg Address goes by the basic naming convention of location + type of speech = TITLE, its very plainness speaks to how important the contents were. It was a speech with no hype and few expectations, and its simple title makes sense—Honest Abe knew that only directness could honor the complex emotions he spoke about.