The Gettysburg Address Highlights A Nation Torn Apart At That Moment By A Civil War And Celebrates That We Are A Nation With A Government ‘Of The People, By The People, And For The People’
Jennifer Burke, TPNN Online Editor — November 19th marks the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. The address lasted barely two minutes, but it is regarded as one of the most powerful ever delivered. It celebrated the efforts of our forefathers who worked to build this nation based on liberty. It addressed a nation torn apart at that moment by a civil war and celebrated that we are nation with a government ‘of the people, by the people, and for the people’.Yet, on this historic 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, President Barack Obama will not be in attendance. Instead, he will send the Interior Secretary Sandy Jewell. In the Washington Times, Ben Wolfgang addressed what is seen as an epic diss by Barack Obama.
It may be little more than a blip on Washington’s radar screen, but President Obama’s decision to be a no-show at an upcoming ceremony to mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has touched off a firestorm in Pennsylvania.
Local newspapers Thursday excoriated the president, a noted admirer of the 16th president, for skipping the historic occasion.
A journalist at Harrisburg’s Patriot News said Mr. Obama doesn’t have “the stones” to attend; York’s Daily Record newspaper called the decision “unacceptable” and said “Mr. Obama’s retreat from Gettysburg will linger long and bitter.”
The Gettysburg Times reported that local officials in and around the town have spent months preparing — in vain — for a potential visit from Mr. Obama, who twice carried Pennsylvania in the presidential election (by 11 percentage points in 2008 and five in 2012).
Instead, the White House will send Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to the Nov. 19 event, which will be held at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
She will be joined as keynote speaker by renowned historian James McPherson.
The Gettysburg National Military Park seemed disappointed with the choice of Ms. Jewell rather than the president.
“President Obama will not attend and the Secretary of the Interior will represent the administration,” the park pointed out in the second sentence of its release.
It seems fitting in some aspects that President Obama would decline attending such a monumental and historic anniversary for our nation, an address that reiterated the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the freedom of the American people. After all, Barack Obama is a president who believes that our Constitution is a deeply flawed document, who attacks freedom on a constant basis, and who waged a Campaign of Pain against the American people when Congress would not succumb to his bully tactics. » Full Article
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