The Gettysburg Address still gives us hope we can free ourselves

coachisright.com ^ | July 4, 2011 | Kevin “Coach” Collins

[jmaroneps37]

We can not, we must not lose our freedoms to Obama's socialism.

[don-o]

Ah. Father Abraham on July 4. Wonder where THIS thread will go?

[Repeal The 17th]

FAL

[RC2]

If we, as Americans, teach our children the countries history, how we got to where we are and why, the country will do just fine. If we neglect our history, their future is in the hands of those that are willing to destroy this country of ours.

[trek]

Lincoln’s head is on a penny so debased that it cannot be cast in copper ... a fitting tribute in my view.

[iowamark]

The Battle of Gettysburg was July 1-3. Lee began heading back to Virginia on July 4, 1863, the 87th anniversary of the Declaration. This was the same day that Vicksburg surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, leaving the Mississippi river entirely under US control.

[CodeToad]

Well put.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

The ironic thing is that it was the South that was fighting for government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The North was fighting against a people’s right to self-determination in this instance.

[BigCinBigD]

Amen.

[jmacusa]

And for eighty-five years after that the city of Vicksburg, Miss. didn’t celebrate The Fourth of July.

[jmacusa]

Yeah, except for the slave-owning thing, right?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Owning slaves didn’t seem to keep the colonists from fighting for liberty and the right to self determination. And there were slaves in every colony at that time.

[central_va]

Yeah, except for the slave-owning thing, right?

Now, thanks to the Illinois Butcher™, we're all slaves of FedGov™.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Good stuff.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

It’s good to keep track of important politically incorrect historical stuff. Thanks for sharing. :-)

[iowamark]

The Founding Fathers recognized that slavery was incompatible with the new nation created in 1776. They were unsure exactly how it could be ended. It was no coincidence that the anti-slavery movement sprang up in Europe as well as America after the American Revolution. The Confederacy was an attempted counter-revolution against the American Revolution, (read Stephens’ Cornerstone speech.) The slave owners were not believers in states rights or individualism, rather they wanted a more powerful national government that would enforce human slavery in every state.

[trek]

Yeah, except for the slave-owning thing, right?

The core of a magician's trick is to draw your attention over here while the real maneuver is over there. You sir, are the perfect dupe for the rulers in top hats and tails.