Obiter picta

We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same … Continue reading→

Hokey bazoakey

we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground

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 … Continue reading→

for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field

testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure

and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

our fathers brought forth on this continent