REMEMBERING NON-REVISED HISTORY: NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Samuel Adams

Father of the American Revolution
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution
Governor of Massachusetts

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Samuel Adams (September 27 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to President John Adams. » Full Bio

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Civil War - November 18, 1863

President Lincoln Travels To Gettysburg

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to deliver a short speech at the dedication of a cemetery of soldiers killed during the battle there on July 1 to July 3, 1863. The address Lincoln gave in Gettysburg became one of the most famous speeches in American history. » Full Article

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