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Brushfire Sparks | Gettysburg Address

As some of you may know, or may not know thanks to the public educations system today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. So why would I talk about a speech that was given 146 years ago and took a whopping 2 minutes from start to finish? Well there are a couple answers to that question the first being the simple fact that it is a piece of our history and I believe that in our current... moreAs some of you may know, or may not know thanks to the public educations system today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. So why would I talk about a speech that was given 146 years ago and took a whopping 2 minutes from start to finish? Well there are a couple answers to that question the first being the simple fact that it is a piece of our history and I believe that in our current society we do not emphasize our own history. And if we do not know our own history then we cannot learn from that history. The second reason is that these words that Lincoln spoke are timeless and I believe apply to the current situation facing our country view page