"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Wednesday, November 18, 1970
1863: Lincoln took the train to Gettysburg
On this day in 1863, President Lincoln took a train to Gettysburg, Pa. He delivered the now famous speech the next day.
