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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that 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.
- Pledge Of Allegiance
"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semesterand it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you.If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"Ime, an individual, a committee...
- Veteran's Day
Remarks by President Ronald Reagan Veterans Day National Ceremony Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia November 11, 1985 PRESIDENT REAGAN: Secretary Weinberger, Harry Walters, Robert Medairos, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen, a few moments...
- June 6, 1944 To The Troops
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes...
- Book Review Of One Second After, And Shout To The 'new' Red Dawn
I am old enough to have seen Red Dawn in the theatre, and we still retain the DVD. The new Red Dawn's premise segues to One Second After (NOT A SPOILER if you start reading this great book) considering the finale of that story. There are a lot of...
- Lincoln And Iraq
A fantastic article in The New Republic of all places comparing the War in Iraq to the Civil War. A must read. Here are some quotes (emphasis added): Today our forces and Iraqis are fighting together and, slowly, winning a good and noble war that...
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November 19, 1863
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that 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.
-- Abraham Lincoln --
- Pledge Of Allegiance
"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semesterand it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you.If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"Ime, an individual, a committee...
- Veteran's Day
Remarks by President Ronald Reagan Veterans Day National Ceremony Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia November 11, 1985 PRESIDENT REAGAN: Secretary Weinberger, Harry Walters, Robert Medairos, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen, a few moments...
- June 6, 1944 To The Troops
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes...
- Book Review Of One Second After, And Shout To The 'new' Red Dawn
I am old enough to have seen Red Dawn in the theatre, and we still retain the DVD. The new Red Dawn's premise segues to One Second After (NOT A SPOILER if you start reading this great book) considering the finale of that story. There are a lot of...
- Lincoln And Iraq
A fantastic article in The New Republic of all places comparing the War in Iraq to the Civil War. A must read. Here are some quotes (emphasis added): Today our forces and Iraqis are fighting together and, slowly, winning a good and noble war that...