WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is connecting the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to gay rights, women’s rights and modern technological transformations.
On the 150 anniversary of Lincoln’s speech, Obama says Lincoln understood that individual efforts aren’t what matter, but rather the accumulated toil and sacrifice of ordinary men and women to preserve freedom.
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