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On This Day

Talyn

Talyn

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“From these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

A closing excerpt from the Gettysburg Address, delivered by Abraham Lincoln on this day in 1863.​




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The Gettysburg Address ‑ Definition, Meaning & Purpose | HISTORY

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in November 1863, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Lincoln's brief speech, calling upon Americans to unite in a "new birth of freedom," became known as one of the greatest in...
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i had to memorize the whole speech for american history when i was a junior. had it memorized and recited before class was over that day and lots of time too spare! those were the easy days of my life! i miss 1 of our most wonderful history teachers from this school..........Mrs. Sanders! she made learning fun! she didn't get to teach much of the year due to having cancer :( . the substitute, Mrs. Grinch (not actual name, but might as well been) wasn't near as fun.
 
TEXASforLIFE said:
i had to memorize the whole speech for american history when i was a junior. had it memorized and recited before class was over that day and lots of time too spare! those were the easy days of my life! i miss 1 of our most wonderful history teachers from this school..........Mrs. Sanders! she made learning fun! she didn't get to teach much of the year due to having cancer :( . the substitute, Mrs. Grinch (not actual name, but might as well been) wasn't near as fun.
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I miss school and college all together. Greatest times, loved them both. Such free and easy days. Always said if I won the lotto I would take one class at a time at the nesrby college and just learn everything it had to offer.
 
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