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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was forgotten once, but never again

By Salena Zito
Published November 16, 2018 2:53pm ET
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was forgotten once, but never again
GETTYSBURG, PA — In the days that followed Abraham Lincoln’s 272-word speech to thousands of onlookers in this small Pennsylvania farm town, few newspapers in the country immediately reported on the speech. When they did, explains historian Michael Kraus, it was mostly dour examination, filled with misquotes of the 16th president’s words. “There were a […]

GETTYSBURG, PA — In the days that followed Abraham Lincoln’s 272-word speech to thousands of onlookers in this small Pennsylvania farm town, few newspapers in the country immediately reported on the speech.

When they did, explains historian Michael Kraus, it was mostly dour examination, filled with misquotes of the 16th president’s words.

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