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Giving thanks for the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's spectacular words
Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that ...
OPINION | Claybourn: Lessons from the Gettysburg Address
The brevity of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address belies its depth; its power lies not only in what it says but in the silences it ...
On Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land
Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize ...
This week in Philly history: Which version of the Gettysburg Address did Abraham Lincoln actually say?
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The next day, newspapers such as The Inquirer re-printed ...