So, we salute Joshua Chamberlain, a college professor from Maine, who, on July 2, 1863, commanded a group of 358 infantry volunteers on the southwest slope of Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
Mark Sumner discusses Trump's Gettysburg speech, in which Trump stated,
"Gettysburg, wow. I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look, and to watch, and, uh, the statement of Robert Lee—who's no longer in favor, did you ever notice that? No longer in favor—'Never fight uphill, me boys. Never fight uphill.'"
And:
"What an unbelievable, I mean it was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious, and so horrible—and so beautiful in so many ways."
"The only thing more amazing than Trump’s Gettysburg address may be how PBS, The Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post all managed to cover Trump’s rally without mentioning one word of this historic statement. Because the national media covering Trump without telling Americans how disjointed and nonsensical his statements are is not historical—it’s what they do every day."
“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..."