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London, June 4th, 1940… We shall fight on the beaches…

June 4, 2016 by Vickie Lester

…Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We […]

Categories: Architecture, Culture, Film, History, London, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: Edward. R. Murrow, father of broadcast journalism, Oratory, the blitz, this is london, War effort, we shall fight on the beaches, Winston Churchill

PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS (1865)

January 21, 2013 by Vickie Lester

www.ourdocuments.gov January 21, 2013 Transcript of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865) Fellow Countrymen At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Election, Film, History, law, Literature, Movies, Photography, Politics, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1865, Hi Res Photo Abraham Lincoln, let us strive to finish the work we are in, Lincoln Memorial, National Archive, Oratory, President, Savior of the Union, Second Inaugural Address, Soaring, with charity for all, With malice toward none