12-17-2008, 04:39 PM
Gutenberg wrote:
Abraham Lincoln's handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History through the end of the year. It is a copy he made for inclusion in a book. I would like to go down and see that.
Several years ago that original was included as part of a traveling exhibit we had an opportunity to visit at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA. His side notes were revealing.
I was most in awe of the campaign literature that preceded Lincoln's first election. They made Swiftboating seem civil.
edit: mandatory in a Gutty thread.