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On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, emphasizing the nation's new birth of freedom and the government of the people, by the people, for the people. Initially criticized, the speech later became renowned as a brilliant piece of oratory in U.S. history. Lincoln also proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving, aiming to heal the wounds of the nation. The significance of the Gettysburg Address continues to be celebrated as a speech that changed the world.
Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation came just a few months after the carnage at Gettysburg. Maybe that was part of the point. https://t.co/7I024ZynYT
“Four score and seven years ago….” YESTERDAY was the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. This is the speech that changed the world. 👇 https://t.co/8mTcSMKIJx
Here's a fun fact: in 1939-41, the USA had 2 different Thanksgiving Days: "the President and part of the nation celebrated it on the second to last Thursday in November, while the rest of the country celebrated it the following week" https://t.co/r1j2dj5hP6 https://t.co/MkEqhWOcR6
160 years ago: The first national Thanksgiving, proclaimed by Lincoln as a day when Americans could pray that God “heal the wounds of the nation and…restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.”
On this day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg Address. The president's critics initially dismiss the 90-second speech as "ludicrous" and "silly." It will later be held up as the most brilliant piece of oratory in U.S. history. #OTD https://t.co/qMBtQ5KwPv
Lincoln (in circle) delivered Gettysburg Address one hundred and sixty years ago today: https://t.co/E0OVR7k6di
160 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. I wrote a piece about it for July 4th earlier this year. So I won't repeat myself here; please read it (it's non-paywalled): "The Meaning of the 4th, in Three Paragraphs." https://t.co/I2znrTvUcX
160 years ago today: Abraham Lincoln “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—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.”
Here’s Diana Schaub on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (and his Lyceum Address 25 years earlier). A very careful and thought-provoking analysis. https://t.co/0scXvJYm38
Good morning! Today in 1863, Pres Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at that battlefield/cemetery. “That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.” https://t.co/s8bce3ZYx8