Celebrity Solstice. Celebrity Solstice is the lead ship of the Solstice-class of cruise ships operated by Celebrity Cruises. Built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, she was floated out on August 10, 2008, and christened by ocean scientist Professor Sharon L. Smith at a ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, on November 14, 2008.
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history.
The Purpose of the Speech. Even though Abraham Lincoln 's 1863 speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is the speech that everyone remembers, Lincoln was not the featured speaker that day.That honor went to Edward Everett. Lincoln and Everett had traveled to Gettysburg to dedicate a national cemetery.ven though Abraham Lincoln 's 1863 speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is the speech that everyone remembers, Lincoln was not the featured speaker that day.