His own writings are likely a part of the reason. Enjoy his birthday by reading his most famous — and concise — address. The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers ...
In his eulogy for Lincoln two years later, Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator and leading abolitionist, lauded the Gettysburg Address as “a monumental act” made even more poignant by ...
Johnson will be performing his one-act, one-man play “The Night Before Gettysburg” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the ...
where Abraham Lincoln put the final touches on the Gettysburg Address. Previous travelers say the tour blends the right amount of history and spookiness. If a one-hour ghost tour seems too short ...