Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: 150 years today

  1. #1
    Administrator del's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Connecticut
    Posts
    13,014

    150 years today


    Lincoln gave one of the most memorable Speeches on a field of battle at Gettysburg where thousands of Americans perished.


    ------------------------------------------------



    "Four score 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.
    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 battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
    But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us葉hat from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion葉hat we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain葉hat this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom預nd that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
    "Honesty is an expensive gift ,
    so don't expect it from cheap people"

    XP Deus II , DFX ,TDI sl -

    Click here to view my finds album


  2. #2
    I taught it in class today. I told the kids that it was the most important thing they would learn today.
    On Instagram- oxshoedrew

  3. #3
    Administrator del's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Connecticut
    Posts
    13,014
    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    I taught it in class today. I told the kids that it was the most important thing they would learn today.
    a nice display of civil war era artifacts would of complimented the lesson Drew , I think History is one of the most underated curriculums for todays youngsters.
    "Honesty is an expensive gift ,
    so don't expect it from cheap people"

    XP Deus II , DFX ,TDI sl -

    Click here to view my finds album


  4. #4
    Yep....I use artifacts all the time. Yesterday I used a flying shuttle. The first day of classes I greet my 6th graders with a powerpoint of CT history using all my finds.
    On Instagram- oxshoedrew

  5. #5
    They asked if I ever found a stirrup and I said, "sure I have, what detectorist worth his/her salt hasn't?" KIDDING!
    On Instagram- oxshoedrew

  6. #6
    Administrator del's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Connecticut
    Posts
    13,014
    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    They asked if I ever found a stirrup and I said, "sure I have, what detectorist worth his/her salt hasn't?" KIDDING!
    i'm such a failure
    "Honesty is an expensive gift ,
    so don't expect it from cheap people"

    XP Deus II , DFX ,TDI sl -

    Click here to view my finds album


  7. #7
    Elite Member coinnut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Western Massachusetts
    Posts
    9,370
    150 years ago? You should know Dan, you were there
    Finding relics is in my blood

    GPX 5000, CTX 3030, E Trac, Vista Gold

  8. #8
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Mid Michigan
    Posts
    112
    One of the most important speeches in history, it's my favorite!

  9. #9
    Global Moderator aloldstuff's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Location
    western mass
    Posts
    10,310
    If my memory serves me correctly that speech took 2 1/2 minutes to deliver but has actually lasted 150 years. Also in the battle of Gettysburg roughly 51,000 casualties took place.....almost the total of the whole Vietnam war.

    In some ways I hope that the stats above are correct and in other ways I wish I could be wrong.
    V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
    2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin

    TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
    2020:
    Silver: 11


    Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
    Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
    Click here to view my album

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •