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It was in this seat that
Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot
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over 150 years ago in
Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.
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The confederate states had just
surrendered five days earlier
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and a brutal civil war had
finally come to a climactic end.
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America had been at war with
itself for four long years and
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during this time the U.S. had
changed forever. And the man who
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had held the country together
through that time was the 16th
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President of the United States
and now the first one to be
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assassinated. Abraham Lincoln
held the highest office in the
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land, President of the United
States. He preserved the unity
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of the nation and freed slaves.
His name is synonymous with
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liberty, democracy and freedom
and he's consistently considered
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one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, American President.
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How did this man who had less
than on year of formal education
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come to be regarded as one of
the greatest leaders the world
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has ever seen and is there
anything that we can learn that
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could impact
our own lives today?
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¤Banjo music¤
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Abraham Lincoln was born on
the 12th of February 1809 in a
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humble log cabin to Thomas and
Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Like many
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others in those days the family
farmed and lived off the land.
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They were very poor and were
of low social standing with very
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little education. In
Abraham's youth the family moved
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frequently trying to stay
one step ahead of financial ruin
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before eventually settle down
in Cole's County, Illinois. When
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he was nine years old
his mother died. His father
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remarried a year later to Sarah
Bush Johnson. Sarah encouraged
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the young Abraham to educate
himself by reading the Bible and
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studying books. Lincoln himself
admitted that the total amount
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of formal schooling he received
in his childhood was no more
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than 12 months. Nevertheless
he became an excellent reader,
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learned to write and went on
to write and deliver some of the
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country's greatest speeches. ¤ ¤
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As a young man Lincoln worked
a variety of jobs including a
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shopkeeper, a surveyor and
a postmaster and served as a
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militia captain during the
Blackhawk war, a brief conflict
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between the United States and
native Americans in 1832. For a
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time he even split firewood
for a living. He soon moved into
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politics and won a seat in the
Illinois legislature where he
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served from 1834 to 1836.
During this time, Lincoln also
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taught himself law passing
the bar examination in 1836. The
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following year he moved to
the newly named state capital of
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Springfield. For the next
few years he worked there as a
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lawyer earning a reputation as
honest Abe and serving a diverse
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range of clients from individual
residents of small towns to
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national railroad lines. In 1842
he met Mary Todd, daughter of
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a wealthy family in Kentucky.
After they were married Abraham
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and Mary lived here in
this house in Springfield on the
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northeast corner of 8th and
Jackson Streets for 17 years,
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from 1844 to 1861. Lincoln
lived in Springfield for most
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of his adult life. It was here
he raised his family, developed
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his beliefs about freedom
and equality, and attained the
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highest office
in the country. ¤ ¤
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The two largest rooms in
the house, the front and rear
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parlors, were the first stop
for any visitor to the Lincoln
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home. These were the rooms where
Abraham Lincoln would conduct
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household business, host
potential clients and entertain
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guests. On May 19, 1860 here in
the back parlor delegates from
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the Republican National
Convention formerly offered
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Mr. Lincoln the Republican
nomination for president.
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Lincoln accepted four days later
and took the first step toward
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the Whitehouse
from this room. ¤ ¤
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During the 1800s America was
caught in transition. What had
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been an almost purely
agricultural economy was in the
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first stages of an industrial
revolution. This would result in
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the United States becoming
one of the world's leading
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industrial powers by 1900. But
the beginnings of the industrial
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revolution in pre-civil war
years was almost exclusively
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limited to the regions north
of the Mason-Dixon line, a line
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that symbolically divided the
northern and southern states.
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The south was still
predominantly agricultural.
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By 1815, cotton was the most
valuable export in the United
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States. By 1840, it was worth
more than all other exports
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combined with the southern
states producing two-thirds of
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the world's cotton supply.
Slavery formed the economic
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backbone of the south. This
led to an economic strength that
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made these states even more
adamant about defending their
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right to own slaves. During
the 1850s Lincoln returned to
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politics at a time when the
nation's longstanding division
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over slavery was flaring up. In
an 1858 Illinois senatorial race
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as the secessionists sentiment
brewed among the southern states
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he delivered his now famous
house divided speech in which
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he paraphrased
from the Bible saying:
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A house divided against itself
cannot stand. I believe this
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government cannot endure
permanently half slave and half
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free. ¤ ¤
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The speech was seen of a house
divided against itself cannot
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stand was a familiar concept
that Jesus spoke about in the
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gospel of Matthew chapter 12:
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Lincoln hoped to use a well-
known figure of speech to help
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rouse the people to recognize
the magnitude of the ongoing
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debates over the legality of
slavery and to illustrate his
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belief that the Union would not
last if it remained divided on
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this issue. Abraham Lincoln
shocked many when he overcame
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several more
prominent contenders to win the
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presidential election in 1860.
After years of sectional tension
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the election of an antislavery
northerner as the 16th president
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of the United States drove many
southerners over the brink. By
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the time Lincoln was
inaugurated in March 1861 seven
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southern states had seceded
from the Union and formed the
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Confederate States of America.
Four more states would join them
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making what became known as
the Confederacy. Soon after the
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outbreak of the civil war began
at Fort Sumpter on April 12,
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1861. It was the northern states
also known as the Union or
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Yankees that fought against the
south commonly called the rebels
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Lincoln eventually raised an
army and navy of nearly three
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million northern men to
face a southern army of over two
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million soldiers. In
battles fought from Virginia to
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California the great Civil War
tore the United States apart.
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On January 1, 1863 as the nation
approached its third year of the
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Civil War Lincoln issued
the Emancipation Proclamation.
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This was an order that freed the
slaves in the Confederate states
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Although not all slaves were
immediately set free, it paved
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the way for the 13th amendment
which would free all slaves in
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the United States
a few years later.
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In 1863, the American Civil War
came to Gettysburg. What took
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place right here at Gettysburg
in just three days was the
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turning point for the entire
American Civil War. During the
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first three days of July 1963,
the north's Union Army and the
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south's Confederate army turned
this small farming town in
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southern Pennsylvania with a
population of 2500 into the site
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of a struggle for the future of
the United States. The Battle of
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Gettysburg was the largest
battle of the American Civil War
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as well as the largest battle
ever fought on North America.
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It would involve around 85,000
men in the Union's army and
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approximately 75,000 men in
the Confederacy's army. Many
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historians believe that the
south never recovered from its
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defeat here.
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The Battle of Gettysburg had
been costly for both sides and
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despite the Union victory war
pessimism hung over the north.
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Photographs produced morbid
images of the carnage exposing
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the nation to the horrors of war
Four months after the battle and
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amid lingering northern doubts
about whether the Civil War was
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worth the cost,
President Lincoln was invited to
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Gettysburg to dedicate the
Soldiers National Cemetery to
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the over 7000 fallen soldiers.
He was asked to keep his address
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short and just make a
few appropriate remarks.
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(Sound of train and whistle)
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On the evening of November 18,
1863, President Abraham Lincoln
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arrived in Gettysburg at this
station. He exited his train
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coach on the platform and then
passed through the station onto
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Carlisle Street where he was
greeted by his host, David Wills
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and other dignitaries. The group
walked the short distance to the
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Wills' house on the town square
in Central Gettysburg where Mrs.
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Wills had feast waiting for them
After dinner, Lincoln retired to
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his bedroom. He slept in
this bed and much of the other
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furniture was in the room on
that night and would have been
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used by the President. Lincoln
had written portions of the
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Gettysburg address before he
left Washington but he finished
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writing it in this room.
The next morning he made a final
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revision to his speech before
proceeding to the ceremony.
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¤ ¤ The 19th of
November 1863 was
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Gettysburg's most momentous day.
Nearly 20,000 statesmen soldiers
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and citizens converged this hill
to consecrate the new Soldier's
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National Cemetery. The
speaker's platform was located
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near here. The Honorable Edward
Everett, principle speaker and
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former governor of Massachusetts
took the platform with_.
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The eloquent but exhausting
speech lasted two hours.
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Following him President Abraham
Lincoln rose to deliver the
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Gettysburg Address. As the crowd
strained to see and hear Lincoln
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spoke deliberately and without
gestures. According to some
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observers the people received
his prayer-like words in stunned
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silence. The Gettysburg Address
was 10 sentences long and lasted
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just two minutes. Here is just
272 words Lincoln reminded the
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northern public what they
were fighting for: Freedom and
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democracy. It became one of
the most famous and influential
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pieces of oratory in history.
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Fourscore and seven years
ago our fathers brought forth on
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this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty, and
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dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal.
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Now we are engaged in a great
civil war testing whether that
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nation, or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated,
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can long endure. We are met on
a great battlefield of that war.
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We have come to dedicate a
portion of that field as a final
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resting place for those who
here gave their lives that that
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nation might live. It is
altogether fitting and proper
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that we should do this. But,
in a larger sense, we cannot
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dedicate, we cannot consecrate,
we cannot hallow this ground.
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The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here, have
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consecrated it far above out
poor power to add or detract.
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The world will little note, nor
long remember what we say here,
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but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the
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living, rather, to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work
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which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced.
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It is rather for us to be
here dedicated to the great task
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remaining before us that
from these honored dead we take
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increased devotion to that cause
for which they gave the last
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full measure of devotion
that we here highly resolve that
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these dead shall not have died
in vain that this nation, under
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God, shall have a new birth of
freedom, and that government of
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the people, by the people
for the people, shall not perish
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from the earth.
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President Lincoln transformed
into poetry the nation's
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founding principles. While
slave owners stood firm on the
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constitution's protection of
property including their slaves
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Lincoln insisted that America
was conceived in liberty and
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dedicated to the proposal
that all men are created equal.
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Lincoln thought to transform
America by redefining liberty
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and nationalism, by essentially
fusing them together, Lincoln
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not only inspired the north
to continue the fight he forever
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changed how the world
would think about freedom.
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The President started by
referring to the past and was
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immediately disputing a view
that was widely held in America
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at the time, that all men were
not made equal. Many believed
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that blacks were designed to be
slaves and subordinate to whites
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Lincoln challenged this belief
by returning to the words of the
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Declaration of Independence.
The founding fathers, he thought
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had started the country
with a bright promise, equality.
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Lincoln believed that slavery
made this promise impossible to
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keep. On that November
day Lincoln also spoke of just
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government, the government of
the people, by the people, for
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the people. By that he meant
democracy, an idea that was
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still unusual in a world of
kings and czars. If the north
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lost the war the union would
fall apart and what future could
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there be for democracy itself.
The world might lose its last
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best hope as Lincoln said. At
6 P.M. Lincoln was back at the
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station to board his train for
the return trip to Washington.
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Abraham Lincoln and the town
of Gettysburg would be forever
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associated in world history with
the enduring acclaim of the two
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minute speech. This old station
stands today as a witness and
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reminder of that great event.
A year and a half after Lincoln
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delivered the Gettysburg address
the north won the war. More than
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620,000 men died in the Civil
War, more than any other war in
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American history. Lincoln wanted
the country to heal, forgive and
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rebuild. He wanted to be
generous to the southern states
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in helping them during
the reconstruction. However,
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tragically Lincoln would not
live to see the country rebuild.
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Three days after the south
surrendered, John Wilkes Booth
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shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's
Theater. Booth, a proponent of
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slavery, an actor and a spy,
believed that if he could kill
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the president the policy of
the government toward the south
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might be radically altered to
favor the Confederacy. So on the
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evening of Good Friday,
April 14, Booth slipped into the
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President's box at the Ford's
Theater in Washington, D.C. and
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shot him point-blank in
the back of the head. He then
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stabbed Major Rathburn, jumped
down onto the stage, ran out the
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back door, mounted his horse and
escaped the city. Lincoln was
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carried to a boarding
house across the street from the
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theater but he never regained
consciousness. Mary Lincoln, the
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President's distraught wife,
spent most of the night here in
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the front parlor between visits
to her husband's bedside. Her
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eldest son Robert and close
friends comforted her through
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the night. In this bedroom, the
back parlor, Secretary of War
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Stanton held several cabinet
meetings, interviewed witnesses,
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and ordered the pursuit of the
assassins. President Lincoln,
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mortally wounded and bleeding
profusely was carried into this
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room and laid diagonally across
the bed. A team of several
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doctors worked on him during the
night but nine hours after being
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shot Abraham Lincoln died in
this room at 7:22 A.M. on the
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15th of April 1865. Now he
belongs to the ages pronounced
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Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
News of Lincoln's death was met
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with immense grief. Across
the U.S. church bells pealed for
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hours, patriotic bunting came
down from buildings replaced by
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black crepe. Especially grief
stricken were freed slaves in
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the south and the nation's free
black population of the north.
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On April 21 Lincoln's body was
placed on a seven car funeral
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train and embarked on a cross
country journey from Washington
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through numerous cities to
his hometown of Springfield,
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Illinois. As the train passed
through cities and towns eleven
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major cities held public
funerals and countless other
00:22:18.83\00:22:22.70
Americans paid their respects.
When the train finally reached
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Springfield Abraham Lincoln
was buried here at the Oakridge
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Cemetery. This cemetery is
surpassed only by Arlington as
00:22:30.98\00:22:36.55
the most visited cemetery
in the nation. Yet Lincoln's
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work survived.
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The country did bring forth
a new birth of freedom. In 1865
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it passed the 13th amendment
to the constitution abolishing
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slavery forever. Two more
amendments soon followed that
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granted citizenship to all
regardless of race. The right to
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vote was no longer dependent
on race or color. Once kindled,
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Lincoln's burning hope was never
quite extinguished. The words of
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the Gettysburg Address, carved
on the wall of the Lincoln
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Memorial are a lasting beacon of
hope for all African Americans
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and all other Americans. The
Lincoln Memorial is located in
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Washington, D.C. at the very
heart of the nation. Thousands
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of tourists continue to visit
this place every year. Built in
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white stone with 36 iconic
columns the Lincoln Memorial is
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one of the most recognized
structures in the United States.
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The six meter statue of Lincoln
sits overlooking the reflecting
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pool. To his right is engraved
his famous Gettysburg Address.
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Almost 90 years after the Civil
War the U.S. Supreme Court made
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segregation illegal. Lincoln's
vision became the law of the
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land. Since that November
day in 1863 Lincoln's words have
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stood and inspired countless
millions all over the world.
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Those words speak to the eternal
human dream of lasting liberty,
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equality and freedom. A dream
that belongs to everyone, a
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dream that would not, will
not perish from the earth. Why?
00:24:34.40\00:24:39.94
Because God has placed the
desire for freedom in our hearts
00:24:39.97\00:24:43.51
We weren't made to be slaves.
We were designed to be free.
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We cannot be satisfied or find
peace until we are free and true
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freedom, freedom from guilt and
sin can only be found in Jesus.
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You see being a slave to
sin is the ultimate bondage.
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The freedom that Jesus offers
is a spiritual freedom from the
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guilt and bondage of sin. Jesus
is the truth. Knowing the truth
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knowing Jesus sets us free. Free
from sin, free from guilt and
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free from condemnation. Wouldn't
you like to experience that
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freedom, true freedom. Well you
can. Why not ask for it right
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now as we pray. Dear
Heavenly Father, today
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we've been reminded of the
importance of freedom and just
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how precious it is. We admire
men like Abraham Lincoln who
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have championed the cause of the
poor and the downtrodden. Today
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we want to recognize the
greatest of liberators, Jesus
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Christ. We thank you for the
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lives. Thank you for setting
us free from sin and guilt.
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In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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