All Posts Tagged With: "Gettysburg Address"
Barry Alfonso on the evolution of political oratory
With the inaugural address of the next president about to be delivered, I can’t help but reflect upon political oratory in general and the old fashioned kind in particular. I don’t mean the sort of folksy speeches Ronald Reagan used to give or even the reassuring talks Franklin D. Roosevelt soothed Depression-era America with. I [...]
29Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a short speech (lasting no more than two minutes) at the commemoration of a cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where more than fifty-one thousand Union and Confederate soldiers had died in a battle lasting three days, from July 1 to 3, 1863. This historic battle ended General Robert [...]
19Nov2008 | mdblogger | 2 comments | Continued
Joan E. Cashin on LBJ and race
In August we observe the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The bill, one of the greatest achievements of LBJ’s term, is celebrated for making the suffrage a reality for millions of black voters.
Many people were surprised that Johnson turned out to be so progressive on the issue [...]
Joan E. Cashin: Abraham Lincoln as Writer
Next year, the nation celebrates the anniversay of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky in 1809, and many historical conferences will mark the event. Only two among many: one in Louisville, Kentucky, in October 2008 (see www.filsonhistorical.org/callforpapers%202008.html), when scholars will compare and contrast Lincoln with Jefferson Davis. (Both of them are Kentucky natives, believe it or [...]
30Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued