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Happy Birthday, Freedom. Gettysburg Address Turns 147
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Dave Halliday
147 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address. Though it took him just two minutes to deliver, the speech has had an effect on our nation’s ideals that has lasted over a century. His opening lines mirror those of the Declaration of Independence: Four score and seven years ago our fathers…
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