by Robert Williams
When Abraham Lincoln opened the Gettysburg Address with an allusion to “four score and seven years” earlier, he referenced the Declaration of Independence. But two other revolutionary documents saw the light of day over that same span, as well: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, issued almost exactly four score and seven years after Thomas Paine’s Common Sense of January 10, 1776. Join us for our first installment of “Revolution on the Ridge,” as Codie Eash opens our America 250 commemorative programming by exploring the significance of these two January pronouncements, one an official presidential decree and the other a public rallying cry—both amid civil wars, and both in the name of liberty. - FREE with Museum Admission - Lydia Ziegler Clare Education Center Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center
It Began Here... An Unforgettable Gettysburg Experience Begins Here, Too.
