Posted on 11/11/2013 12:19:13 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
GETTYSBURG - He almost was not asked to speak.
In October 1863, President Abraham Lincoln received the same plain envelope that was sent to hundreds of people, requesting attendance at a dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery here.
Col. Clark E. Carr, a confidant of several U.S. presidents and a member of the commission that organized the event, later admitted that commissioners scrambled to send a more personal invitation after Lincoln indicated he would attend.
Asking Lincoln to deliver a “few appropriate thoughts,” Carr said, was “an afterthought.”
You see, the dedication's real headliner was Edward Everett. A former secretary of State, U.S. senator, Massachusetts governor and Harvard president whose nationwide tour helped to save Mt. Vernon as a national shrine, Everett was considered the great orator of his time.
When Lincoln arrived, Gettysburg remained raw from the horrific battle that raged here for three days just five months earlier....
(Excerpt) Read more at triblive.com ...
Golfing or using executive orders to hurt the family or private sector instead.
It’s odd that he is not going since most Presidents usually worship Lincoln who was the founder of the modern centralization of power.
“His dismissal of the request shows a man so detached from the duty of history, from the men who served in the White House before him, that it is unspeakable in its audacity.”
This pretty much covers obama in his entirety. Unspeakable audacity.
Glad he's not coming to my state.
Not all Illinois lawyers are created equal.
No place, no event, no gathering is made better by the presence of Obama.
He’s afraid he’ll be booed off the stage.
Perhaps he would go if there were a good golf course close by and they invited Reggie to come to.
IMO Gettysburg missed a bullet.
I wonder if they’ve asked President Bush? I’m sure he would accept.
Or Sarah Palin.
I’m glad he’s not going. Re: Lincoln, Barry’s always straining to 1) Make parallels between Lincoln and himself, and 2) offer himself as president as the crowning achievement of Lincoln’s presidency.
I’m glad he won’t be so injecting himself into history.
From the Article:
“His dismissal of the request shows a man so detached from the duty of history, from the men who served in the White House before him, that it is unspeakable in its audacity.
Ask almost any person in this historic town; even his most ardent supporters here are stunned.
Obama long ago veered away from any affinity he may have believed he had with Lincoln, which gives credibility to the criticism that his connection to Lincoln was always a political calculation rather than a true bond.”
So his, (Obama’s), supporters are stunned? Why should they be? They have nothing to offer him anymore, their votes were tallied and he “won”. From now on the Vacationer in Chief doesn’t really need to pay attention to anything that he doesn’t want to pay attention to.
Besides Valerie can take care of it all, It’s time again for another Fund-raiser Vacation...
Just as Obama blew off the christening of the USS Gerald R. Ford here in VA, he figures Pennsylvania’s in the bag already for the dems, so why bother adjusting the schedule to allow for a trip to Gettysburg? Doesn’t matter it’s the sesquicentennial of a Civil War battle, there’s no political gain to be had by going.
Nice. A fiftieth anniversary?
Thank GOD the Marxist is not going.
Dodged a bullet.
The Audacity of a Dope.
Funny but sad. When the shoe fits.
Thanks for the laugh.
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