From July 1 to July 3, 1863, battles were fought between Confederate and Union forces in Pennsylvania. Two generals led the two forces, the North led by George Meade, the South led by Robert E. Lee. The bloody battles ended with a total of around 51,000 casualties. People mourned the lives lost on the battlefield, they mourned the lives of brothers and fathers who fought against each other and died with each other. The divided nation cried as one. To commemorate the battlefield, popular public speaker Edward Everette was invited along with President Lincoln. Everette was the keynote speaker at the event and gave a two-hour speech. President Lincoln took the stage after the poetic performance and gave the audience only 2 minutes. His speech known as the Gettysburg Address mourned the deaths of the soldiers, but had a much greater meaning. The speech reminded the grieving divided nation of its founding fathers' intentions for the new nation. He emphasized freedom and equality. The speech was heard across the nation and around the world. In fact, the speech was broadcast in Hungary. Tack Cornelius reported in his newspaper that: "In 1956, as tens of thousands of Soviet troops and thousands of their tanks were crushing the nascent Hungarian revolution, the last broadcast on Free Hungarian Radio was the Gettysburg Address, broadcast over and over times". The speech was not only effective in America, but also spread to other countries. The Gettysburg Address is influential because it reminded Americans of the Founding Fathers' vision of a free nation and gave Americans a sense of pride in preserving that free nation. The Gettysburg Address is popular today because it directly referenced the Declaration of Independence. This reflection of the statement tugged at the hearts of Americans by reminding them what it feels like to be