Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln
Day Ten – one last thing before we go home
Our last day – we fly out this afternoon. We couldn’t waste the morning, though, so we trekked off to explore and discover Ford’s Theater and the Peterson House and Museum across the street. Since Lincoln has always been a hero to me, it was a super morning, though sad and speculative. I wonder how … Continue reading
Philadelphia with Teaching American History Grant
I’m just back from ten days in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. with thirty-one teachers and a terrific professor as our guide, mentor and teacher. We all read and wrote papers all winter to prepare for the trip – focusing on the Revolutionary War and the writing of the Constitution. Here are highlights from my trip: Tuesday, June … Continue reading
The Gettysburg Address and America’s secular religion
I’ve just finished reading and writing a paper on The Gettysburg Gospel by Gabor Boritt. It’s a scholarly work about the Gettysburg Address. Boritt starts off with a detailed account about how and when Lincoln wrote the Address, then he talks about how it was received at the time and how it grew in importance … Continue reading
