On July 1, 1863, Union and Confederate armies met at the small town of Gettysburg and began the three-day battle that became the largest fought in this hemisphere and one of the most important fought anywhere. It was where brother fought brother, generals who were friends faced each other as enemies, 60,000 were killed, wounded, or missing, and the hope of mankind was saved. On Nov. 19, Abraham Lincoln came to the site to consecrate it as the hallowed ground it now was, and delivered a 200-word, two-minute speech that became as famous and hallowed as the battle itself.

On Oct. 20, 2016, Donald Trump, the current nominee of the party of Lincoln, came to Gettysburg for a speech about policy, and spent 13 minutes riffing on his plans to sue the 10 (so far) women who accused him of assault and/or harassment after a tape surfaced of him ten years ago boasting that his celebrity status allowed him to enter women’s dressings rooms and stare at them while they were changing, or grope them, as he was a star. “Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign”‘ he griped, not far from sites at which thousands expired. “Total fabrication. The events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued when the election is over.” He vowed to sue Democrats, whom he said put them forward. “We’ll find out about their involvement … through litigation, and I look so forward to doing that.”