"Four score and seven years ago..." The Gettysburg Address is 147 years old today. It's one of the greatest speeches ever written or stated in public. With that being said, I always find it ironic/touching this line:
"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..."
I am here to say that we do remember and the world still notes Mr. Lincoln's hallowed words. We also remember what happened at Gettysburg. Thousands of lives were lost, so that our nation could be saved.
Let us all take this opportunity to look inside ourselves and resolve that we will do our part. We will dedicate ourselves to this cause of freedom instead of taking it for granted. We shall remember those that "gave the last full measure of devotion," so that we would have the freedom to go to church where, when, if we wanted, pursue any career we wanted, enjoy the fruits of our own labor and much, much more.
Let us honor and ensure that all the brave men and women that have fought and died for this country did not die in vain, but continued to water the tree of liberty.
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MH
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