![]() ![]() INSKEEP: In a moment, we will hear the Gettysburg Address as read by some of our NPR colleagues. KILLAM: (As character).this reviewer watched the president's speech at Gettysburg. TARAN KILLAM: (As character) Four snores and seven yawns ago. (SOUNDBITE OF A "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" CLIP) That prompted NBC's "Saturday Night Live" to invite the reviewer to say why he still hates it. MONTAGNE: Last week, a Pennsylvania newspaper retracted its own criticism of the speech back in 1863. Generations of students memorized it - or at least heard the joke about sending a letter to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. It was read aloud to mark the anniversary of 9/11. The speech, beginning "Four score and seven years ago," holds a giant place in American culture. ![]() ![]() One hundred fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. ![]()
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