July 4th: Abraham Lincoln and Lou Gehrig

By William Kristol

Published July 4, 2013 4:09pm ET

July 4th: Abraham Lincoln and Lou Gehrig — Over at Powerline, Scott Johnson reminds us of perhaps the greatest speech about July 4th—Lincoln’s remarks on July 10, 1858, in response to Stephen Douglass. Here’s the key passage: Now, it happens that we meet together once every year, sometime about the 4th of July, for some reason or other. These 4th of July gatherings I […]

Over at Powerline, Scott Johnson reminds us of perhaps the greatest speech about July 4th—Lincoln’s remarks on July 10, 1858, in response to Stephen Douglass. Here’s the key passage:

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