Hi Everyone! Today was President's Day and yesterday I did have a little time
to remember it; today I've come to the Sandbox -'to the party' a little late.
Although I checked out quotes from all the presidents, I completed my search
with two former presidents:
George Washington (1732-1799) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).
Both brought back memories, meaning, a poignancy on the delicacy of life.
In one we can live the history of the American Revolutionary War; in the
other, the Civil War. In the Civil War alone, we can remember the battle
in the Town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between two armies, the Union
Confederate Force and the Confederate Army. In the three-Day battle,
July 1-3, 1863, the two armies suffered casualties of between 46,000 and
51,000. "Union Army - Confederate Army, Northern Soldiers and Southern
Soldiers, 'brother against brother." You will most likely remember something
most school children once memorized.... ~Jane
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"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I
consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
~George Washington, 1798
"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation;
for it is better to be alone than in bad company." ~George Washington
"By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected
beyond all human probability and expectations; for I had four bullets
through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt."
~George Washington, 1755
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter."
~George Washington, supported 1st Amendment
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable
Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever
Nation they might belong." ~George Washington, 1788
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"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent,
a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal..."
~Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address
Battlefield, November 19, 1863)
"It is for us the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced..."
~Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
"...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..."
~Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
"...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom ---
and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth..."
~Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863, delivered at the Battlefield ~
"Now we are engaged in a great Civil War testing whether that nation or
any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met
on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of
that field, as a final resting place for those who gave their lives that nation
might live..." ~The Nov. 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address
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Great quotes as always. And thanks for stopping by all my posts last weekend! As for the tree and house it was magical but alas we were swamped in December and I just didn't get a chance to post more. We seriously had a winter, sparking wonderland both inside and out this year!
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