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Abraham Lincoln wasborn 200 years ago onFeb. 12, 1809. We oftenuse the bicentennial, orthe 200th anniversary, ofan event as a time to lookback and remember that

special date. This year, we will be hearinga lot about our 16th president, whomAmericans honor and admire.

Our 44th president,Barack Obama, is a greatfan of Lincoln. They bothwere elected to the U.S.Congress from the samestate, Illinois. Lincoln waselected a U.S.

representative in 1846. Obama waselected as a senator in 2004.Barack Obamaannounced thathe was runningfor president infront of thebuilding whereAbrahamLincoln servedas a lawyer andstate lawmaker. The Old State Capitol Buildingin Springfield, Ill., is now a museum.

Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated,or sworn in as president, in March 1861.The Civil War began in April of the sameyear.

Lincoln made many speeches, but theGettysburg Address is considered bymost people to be his greatest.

The Civil WarAbraham Lincoln was our president

during the Civil War. It lasted from April12, 1861, to June 1865.

This was a bitter struggle. Sometimesfathers, sons and brothers fought ondifferent sides. In this war, more liveswere lost than in any other Americanwar. Lincoln’s leadership preserved ourunion and brought an end to the war andto slavery.

Some causes of the warThe fight against slavery was one of

the main causes of the Civil War. Manypeople believed slavery was wrong. Butthe South depended on slave labor to plantand harvest cotton, sugar and other crops.

Many people in the South also believedin a state’s right to make its own laws.These people thought the U.S. Congresshad no right to make laws governingtheir state.

Appreciating the Gettysburg Address

Lincoln’s Great Speech

Northern (Union) and Southern (Confederate)The Union soldiersusually wore blueuniforms; theSouthern soldiersoften wore gray. Inthe beginning, 23states fought on theUnion side.Maryland,Delaware, Kentuckyand Missouri wereslave states that didnot secede, orbreak away, fromthe Union. Elevenstates secededfrom the Union andformed theConfederate Statesof America.

Robert E. Leewas commanderof theConfederateArmy ofNorthernVirginia.

Ulysses S.Grant wascommanderof Unionforces at theend of thewar.

JeffersonDavis waspresidentof theConfederacy.

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Why do we sayit was a “civil” war?One of the meanings of“civil” is something thathappens between groups ofcitizens from the same country.

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A visit to Gettysburg, Pa.The small town of Gettysburg is in

southern Pennsylvania.Each year, more than 2 million

tourists go there to see the NationalMilitary Park and the Soldiers’ NationalCemetery.

The places where Lincoln arrived,spent the night and made his famousspeech are of special interest.

Fact-a-roonies• The story that the Gettysburg

Address was written on the back of anenvelope while Lincoln rode on the trainto Gettysburg is not true. Lincolncarefully thought out his speeches.

• The commander ofthe Union forces atGettysburg was Gen.George Gordon Meade.

• Lincoln began his speech with thewords “Four score and seven years ago.”That means 87 years ago. The word“score” means 20. Four score and sevenyears before Nov. 19, 1863, would havebeen 1776. Lincoln was referring to thesigning of the Declaration ofIndependence.

Some Gettysburg Sites

Gettysburg National Military Park includes:• a Visitors Center and the GettysburgMuseum of the American Civil War.• a cyclorama, or huge painting done in acircle.• the Gettysburg National Battlefield.• the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.

Words that remind us of the Gettsyburg Address are hidden in the blockbelow. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some lettersare used twice. See if you can find: SPEECH, ABRAHAM, LINCOLN,BLUE, GRAY, NORTH, SOUTH, SOLDIER, CIVIL, WIN, NOVEMBER,CONFEDERACY, BATTLE, GRAVES, UNION, FIGHT, GETTYSBURG,ADDRESS.

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Lincoln arrived at the Gettysburg RailroadStation on the evening of Nov. 18, 1863. Thatstation is still standing in downtownGettysburg. During the battle four monthsbefore, the station was used as a hospitalfor wounded soldiers. Some soldierswatched the battle from the cupola at thetop of the building.

Lincoln spent the night at the David WillsHouse, which is within walking distance ofthe train station. Lincoln put the finishingtouches on his speech there. This month,the David Wills House will reopen as amuseum that tells the story of Lincoln and hisfamous speech. David Wills was a lawyerwho helped to establish the Soldiers’National Cemetery.

Our thanks to:

• National Park Service Rangers at GettysburgNational Military Park.Site to see: http://nps.gov/gett/

• Harry R. Rubenstein, chair, Division ofPolitics and Reform, National Museum ofAmerican History, Smithsonian Institution.Site to see: http://americanhistory.si.edu

• Tina Grim, executive administrator of theCivil War Institute at Gettysburg College andthe Pennsylvania Abraham LincolnBicentennial Commission.

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Meet Lucy LawlessLucy Lawless stars as Aspen in the

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She spoke as the voice of Wonder Womanin the animated film “Justice League: TheNew Frontier.” She also sings and hasreleased a CD.

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Leland: What did Lincoln’s mother callhim when he was an infant?

Lester: Babe Lincoln!

Lori: Where did Abe Lincoln puthis hogs?

Lisa: In a hog cabin!

All the following jokes have something in common.Can you guess the common theme or category?

Leslie: Where do most people think thatLincoln lives?

Larry: At his Gettysburg Address!


The Battle of GettysburgThe Battle of Gettysburg marked one

of the turning points of the Civil War.Lincoln was not pleased with how hisgenerals were handling their troops.

Gen. Robert E. Lee, who commandedthe Southern troops, had hoped to win abattle in northern territory.

Lee did not win. Gettysburg was a bigmilitary victory for the Union. At onepoint in this battle, the South lost asmany as 5,000 men in one hour. Leewas forced to retreat back into Virginia.

After more battles, loss of lives anddamage to property, the war ended inApril 1865.Soldiers’ National Cemetery

The governor of Pennsylvaniathought that the Union soldiers shouldbe buried in proper graves.

On Nov. 19, 1863, four months afterthe battle, Lincoln made his speech atthe dedication of the cemetery.

The address numbersThe address was only 271 words, or

10 sentences long. It took about threeminutes for Lincoln to deliver it.

The audience was made up of 10,000people. The speakers had nomicrophone. Most of the crowd stood.

Lincoln was not themain speaker. He madehis remarks after thefamous politicianEdward Everett spokefor two hours. Speechesthat long were notunusual, but speechesas short as Lincoln’s were.

The Battle and the AddressLincoln’s speech

“Four score and seven years ago ourfathers brought forth on this continent,a new nation, conceived in liberty, anddedicated to the proposition that allmen are created equal.

“Now we are engaged in a great civilwar, testing whether that nation, or anynation so conceived and so dedicated,can long endure. We are met on a greatbattlefield of that war. We have come todedicate a portion of that field, as afinal resting place for those who heregave their lives that that nation mightlive. It is altogether fitting and properthat we should do this.

“But, in a larger sense, we can notdedicate – we can not consecrate – wecan not hallow – this ground. The bravemen, living and dead, who struggledhere, have consecrated it, far above ourpoor power to add or detract. The worldwill little note, nor long remember whatwe say here, but it can never forgetwhat they did here. It is for us theliving, rather, to be dedicated here tothe unfinished work which they whofought here have thus far so noblyadvanced. It is rather for us to be herededicated to the great task remainingbefore us – that from these honoreddead we take increased devotion to thatcause for which they gave the last fullmeasure of devotion – that we herehighly resolve that these dead shall nothave died in vain – that this nation,under God, shall have a new birth offreedom – and that government of thepeople, by the people, for the people,shall not perish from the earth.”

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• The Battle of Gettysburg lasted for threedays: July 1, 2 and 3 of 1863. Gettysburg,Pa., was a small town, just over theMaryland border.• More than 51,000 soldiers were killed,wounded, captured or missing in action.• Over 165,000 soldiers took part in one of thelargest battles ever fought in North America.

This picture shows the crowd gatheredaround Lincoln on the platform where hemade his speech. Lincoln is circled. Expertssay that the photo was taken at noon, somethree hours before Lincoln made his speech.

An artist’s idea of Lincoln on the platformwhere he gave the Gettysburg Address.

Edward Everett1794-1865

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