Johnson's speech opens with these words:

On this hallowed ground, heroic deeds were performed and eloquent words were spoken a century ago.

What are the "eloquent words" Johnson is referring to?

Andrew Johnson's May 10 Declaration, which ended the Civil War

The requests Black Americans have made for justice and freedom

Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"

The signing of the Declaration of Independence

As the Vice President at the time, the future 36th President of the US, Lyndon B. Johnson, delivered a speech supporting civil rights at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on Memorial Day, May 30, 1963. Johnson's support of the civil rights movement was significant.

The eloquent words he mentions in his speech is Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", a speech Lincoln delivered exactly a century before Johnson's, in 1863, to celebrate the victory of the Union's armies in the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Answer:

Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address".

Explanation:

This speech was given by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson on the 1963 Memorial Day at Gettysburg. By opening his speech with these words, he laid emphasis on the importance of the Gettysburg site to the nation as a whole.

The "eloquent words" that he mentioned in his speech is a reference to the Gettysburg speech given by President Abraham Lincoln during the dedication of the site for the Soldier's National Cemetery. Lincoln had touched upon the dedication and courage of the soldiers who had died defending their homes.