Ken Burns on the Gettysburg Address
11-19-2013, 08:05 PM,
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RE: Ken Burns on the Gettysburg Address
(11-19-2013, 01:11 PM)brtmchl Wrote: I have heard that there were 5 drafts of the Address, The first 2 did not include these words, but the final version signed by Lincoln included these words.
I also saw a 2 year old on youtube that recited the speech from memory. It was very sweet.

We have 5 extant copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's own handwriting: two were written (in part, at least) before the speech was given and are, thus, considered to be drafts; the other three were all written afterwards. There is also a syndicated newspaper (Associated Press) version. Every version except the two drafts contain the phrase "under God". These six versions are all presented, compared, and contrasted in Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg.
I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it. (Letter to James H. Hackett, November 2, 1863)
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Ken Burns on the Gettysburg Address - by Rob Wick - 11-11-2013, 10:00 PM
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