The Gettysburg Address: Why, how and what happened? On November 19, 1863, during the Civil War of the United States, a speech was held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery, a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address which the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since
In his essay, Miller explains how propaganda works and breaks it down into seven different commonly used devices: name calling, glittering generalities, transfer, testimonial, plain folks, card stacking, and band wagon devices. Many of these different forms of propaganda that Miller explains can be found riddled within any politician’s speech; for example, in President Obama’s inaugural address he writes “To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow