(A) 27 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together
(B) 87 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together
(C) ** 87 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together
(D) 27 years ago our relatives made a new country that brought us together
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Concept note-1: -So “four score and seven years” translates to 87 years. This speech was delivered in 1863; 87 years earlier was 1776, the year that the signing of the Declaration of Independence officially declared U.S. independence and “brought forth on this continent a new nation."
Concept note-2: -So “fourscore and seven years ago” would have been what date? Abraham Lincoln was referring to 1776, the date we declared independence from tyranny. He goes on to say “our fathers, ” not our forefathers. Today we’re more accustomed to saying forefathers.