captainrlm
Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2009
- Location
- Northern Kentucky
150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech on what apparently now is Government Square in downtown Cincinnati, a couple minute's walk from where I work.
The following link is to an interesting article about the importance of this speech to Lincoln's future. The author makes a good case about how truly important it was and how it may be under-appreciated today.
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jala/30.1/ecelbarger.html
Here's also a link to the actual text of the speech, which was quite long.
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2411:1.lincoln
The following link is to an interesting article about the importance of this speech to Lincoln's future. The author makes a good case about how truly important it was and how it may be under-appreciated today.
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jala/30.1/ecelbarger.html
Here's also a link to the actual text of the speech, which was quite long.
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2411:1.lincoln