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- PERICLES appealing for war against the Spartans, 432BCE. Bust of Pericles bearing the inscription “Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian”. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca.
- HANNIBAL addressing his soldiers after crossing the Alps, 218 BCE. Hannibal. Public Domain. "On the right and left two seas enclose you, without your possessing even a single ship for escape.
- ST. BERNARD rallying the troops before the Second Crusade, 1146. Saint Bernard Catholic Church (Burkettsville, Ohio) - interior, statue of Saint Bernard.
- QUEEN ELIZABETH I supporting her military against the Spanish Armada, July 1588. Queen Elizabeth I. Public Domain. "I am amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood."
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Mar 25, 2022 · Source: navymedicine / Flickr. Franklin Roosevelt, Dec. 8, 1941. > War: World War II. “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was ...
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May 8, 2020 · 8 May 2020. PA. The wartime prime minister Winston Churchill's victorious address to the nation marked the end of the war in Europe, on 8 May 1945. But his speeches through the course of the war ...
Aug 31, 2021 · 3:28 P.M. EDT. THE PRESIDENT: Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan — the longest war in American history. We completed one of the biggest airlifts in ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Gettysburg Address, world-famous speech delivered by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication (November 19, 1863) of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (July 1-3, 1863). It was preceded by a two-hour speech by Edward Everett.
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- What is the Gettysburg Address?The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered in 1863 by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pe...
- When was the Gettysburg Address delivered?U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
- Who gave the speech that preceded Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?Edward Everett was an American statesman and noted orator who delivered the speech immediately preceding Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Ever...
- Why is the Gettysburg Address famous?The Gettysburg Address was widely quoted and praised soon after Lincoln delivered it, and it came to be recognized as one of the masterpieces of pr...
Nov 24, 2021 · Winston Churchill was, in November 1934, a lone voice in questioning the country’s policy of appeasement to Hitler: “At present we lie within a few minutes’ striking distance of the French, Dutch and Belgian coasts, and within a few hours of the great aerodromes of Central Europe," he said. "We are even within canon-shot of the Continent.
These short remarks were delivered by Winston Churchill at the outbreak of World War II and were originally omitted from INTO BATTLE, the first volume of World War II speeches, but quickly inserted. They appear also in BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS (the US/Canadian edition of INTO BATTLE) and WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: HIS COMPLETE SPEECHES 1897-1963 ...
