What did Lincoln REALLY say at Gettysburg?

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This Date in History with Nick Ragone

Күн бұрын

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@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 2 ай бұрын

Caught the last 2 min and my signal dropped. Going through the replay. Thank you for keeping history alive! 🇺🇸👌

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thank-you!!! This one is a bit diffferent than our usual videos!

@user-rd6rg7mp7h 2 ай бұрын

5 decades of civil war studies. Never b4 has this been told so indepth. Thank you

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. We appreciate the kind words.

@dtcdtc8328 2 ай бұрын

yeah, similarly, 78 years since WW2 and most still don't know what Patton said , which was- "We destroyed a Great Race of people and now all European countries are destined to become Communist" General George Patton.

@sapelesteve 2 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation and analysis Nick! It should have been obvious that he could not have written a speech like that without a lot of thought and preparation. Thanks for keeping our history alive and well! Happy Fourth Of July To Everyone! 👍👍💥💥

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@theminutemen1275 2 ай бұрын

Definitely Check It Out. Thanks Nick!

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@erictaylor5462 2 ай бұрын

He said more in 3 minutes than most politicians say in their entire career.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

True!!!

@davidnierzwick2775 2 ай бұрын

Everyone needs a trip to Gettysburg. I spent days there just walking the fields hills and buildings 😮😢. Never know how long these monuments will stand when this country keeps tearing down historical art, artifacts, and monuments 😢. Awesome video. Per usual 💪😊👍.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thank you ♥️♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@dalebell3879 Күн бұрын

It is well known that Lincoln went through several drafts of that speech - we have the copies. This guy has “discovered” something I was taught as a schoolboy.

@plantfeeder6677 2 ай бұрын

Every school kid had to memorize the Gettysburg Address back in the 1960s in 8th grade US history. Thank you Nick for telling this story. This was the day that the war became about equality instead of preserving the Union. On an unrelated note. Came here the first time and there were 24 likes. Just visited again there are 30 likes. This date in baseball is a very sad one for San Francisco Giants fans.😢 RIP WILLIE MAYS RIP ORLANDO CEPEDA

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Loved the Say Hey Kid and Orlando. Two GIANTS of the game! Enjoy our channel!

@plantfeeder6677 2 ай бұрын

@@ThisDatethank you Nick. It's been a rough two weeks when two of your boyhood idols pass so soon together. I knew you'd understand.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Two of the all timers. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

@johnstickles6789 2 ай бұрын

Living about 10 minutes from Gettysburg for a good portion of my life i used to love walking the battlegrounds but when i took a helicopter ride around the battlefields it really came into perspective. I always wonder what this country would be like today if the south would have won.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Wow pretty amazing. May do a video from their later this year.

@larrydouglas8655 2 ай бұрын

Great history lesson.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@joyhodgson2526 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Nick for your timely and beautiful clarification regarding this amazing man. From your friendly neighbours up north.🥰

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

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@user-rx1sc7ft6y 2 ай бұрын

VERY INTERESTING , great job 👍

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Enjoy our other videos!

@texhaines9957 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Some of us had read a number of books on Lincoln back in the 1950s & 60s with no mention of this, but I suspected something had been brewing for awhile, just like stuff boils around in my head a good time before I give a presentation. I had debated with my history teacher on several Civil War topics, and to this day classmates recall what they thought about it. I got an A in that class

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Nice!

@DavidSmith-xs3or 2 ай бұрын

If you want to feel a sense of awe and a raising of goosebumps, go see the Lincoln Memorial and read the Gettysburg Address that's carved into the wall behind Lincoln's statue. Regardless of Lincoln's flaws, you'll get a deep emotional experience when you read those words.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@carlpayne8008 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the history lesson 👍

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@ocalafl954 2 ай бұрын

Great video with enlightening info

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MrSnowdon0011 2 ай бұрын

Sir, you delivered - again !

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@MrSnowdon0011 2 ай бұрын

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@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

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@danielson68son50 Ай бұрын

The notion that Lincoln was indifferent rather than pragmatic about abolishing slavery is simply hogwash. Preserving the union was essential and overriding but that does not mean eliminating slavery wasn’t part of his essential motivation.

@ThisDate Ай бұрын

Respectfully disagree. Read his letter to Horace Greeley in 1862, which I partially quote. Lincoln abhorred slavery, but he also didn't make its abolition to focus of the war. Preserving the Union was.

@moparfan1966 Ай бұрын

Lincoln knew he could not make slavery the reason for the war because he would not keep the border states, nor would he successfully recruit soldiers. He obviously couldn’t admit that but there is no doubt slavery was the only reason for the war. Like any politician, he had to tread carefully.

@AmericanActionReport 2 ай бұрын

I thought Lincoln had made the speech in question on the night of July 9. I read a transcript of the speech and thought it was so stilted that it was one of the worst he'd ever made, but the germ of a great idea was there. When he was asked to speak at Gettysburg, he dusted off the idea by scribbling a few notes on the back of an envelope. He continued to re-write and polish the speech until he decided it was finished. Then he sent it to the press for reporting. That was the version of the speech some reporters wrote in their reports. On the train to Gettysburg, and on the night before the speech, he made further changes. "...men who died here," became, "...men who here gave their lives;" "...that this nation..." became, "that this nation under God...," and so on. That's the version some other reporters (those close enough to hear it) reported. It's a lesson for everyone who hopes to become skilled at writing. Keep improving.

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Then July 7th remarks were impromptu as I mention, off the cuff. It wasn't polished, but it echoes the themes that would be more fully articulated 4 months later at Gettysburg.

@davidg2122 2 ай бұрын

Well done sir!

@ThisDate 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ririmr4978 Ай бұрын

Have you researched the birth of Abraham Lincoln? It truly is miraculous!

@ThisDate Ай бұрын

Not recently. Tell me more!

@ririmr4978 Ай бұрын

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@ririmr4978 Ай бұрын

@@ThisDate The country Dr was out of town and the mid wife was visiting family out of town, then an unknown woman approached the log cabin of Lincoln's mother while in labor and turned the breach child (Lincoln) in the Mother's womb and aided in the delivery of her child (Lincoln) and Abe's Dad offered to pay her for helping, she declined and asked only "Name this child Abraham." The Dad followed the unknown mid wife out as she left their cabin front door only to find the mid wife vanished. This honey, was an Angel of the Lord, as Abe Lincoln had a very important job on Earth to accomplish, FREEING SLAVES 🙏🙌❤

@ririmr4978 Ай бұрын

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