Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War.
Then and
Now
The unfinished work, most certainly striving for freedom still today in a divided nation. But hope remains, yet as the dividers divide and while the overcomers overcome. In this world, freedom is always earned, seldom given.