Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation. The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary […]

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Lincoln’s Farewell Address

Monday, February 16th, 2009

We are all familiar with President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but this speech was given at Springfield, Illinois as he was leaving to start his inaugural trip to Washington, D.C.  It’s almost prophetic in nature and tugs at my heart, knowing that he never did return to this place and the people he loved. My friends, no […]

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