The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-18
Preparations Made Commemorative,
FIftieth Anniversary Lin
coins Address
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM TO
CHARACTERIZE OCCASION
Reading Of Iincolr's Address, Sing.
ing of Patriotic Songs and
Recitat.ons.

Preparations are being made In
the Cairo schools for the observance
of Gettysburg Day''-Nov To-
commentaries the fiftieth anniver.
sary of the dedication of the GettyS.
burg National cemetery and the de-
livery of Lineoln's immortal address
The services in the Cairo schools
will consist OF patriotic songe, the
reading Of Lincoln's address and
probably recitations.
The ceremonies at the National
cemetery on the OCCASION when the
Great Emancipator delivered his or
atorical masterpiece were simple In
character and followed what was
described in the newspapers as "a
grand civic and military display" III
the presence of $4,000 people. LII.
+cludsng men women anil children, y
chiefly residents Of the town and vi
cinity drawn to the scene ngftiy by
a desire to see and hear Lincoln. The
immortal address beginning -four
score and seven years ago" was the
real tledieatory speech, although II
Is followed after Al lengthy oration
by a master in oraaory, Edward Ev.
erett& 1t was an informal prodnc
tion. drafted hastily on the trip up
from Washington
The work of reinterring the Fed
eral dead from the battlefield was
isvt Ap1nnlatca bllt there were
SOC identified remains III THE gFeansl
hallowed by this dedication and
5S2 unknown." Lncoln's words
might have been spoken of any bat
tlefe1d of the conflict. In saying
I'VE are met on great battlefield
be expressed the national estimate
then held Of the battle of Gettysburg
as only one OF many. Further along
he seemed to grasp the future. for
he said of the dead sleeping their
last sleep there, "The world can
never forget what they did here =
Linked with their memory is that
brief. but matchless, tribute.
Following is the text of the adj
dress:
-Four score and seven years ago
our fathers brought forth on this
continent new nation, conceived In
Liberty and dedicated to the propo-
sition that all men are created equal
Now we are engaged In a civil war.
testing whether that nation or any
nation sa conceived and SO dedicated
can longer endure. We are men on
a great battle field as d final rest
ing place for those who have given
their lives that that nation might
live. 1t In altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this.
Out ia a. lhAGel sSHSG We eSH UUF
dedicate. wa cannot cansecrate. VIZ
cannot hallow this ground. The
brave men. living and dead. who
struggled here have eonsecrated II
far above our poor power to add or
detract The world will little note
or longer remember what we say
here, but it can never forget what
they did here. 1t is for us, the liv-
ing, rather, to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so ncbly
advanced. II is rather for us TO be
here dedicated to the great task re-
before us---that from those
honored dead we take increased de.
votion to that cause for which they
gave the full measure OF devotion;
that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in
vain; that this nation, under God,
shall have new birth of freedom,
and that government of the people,
by the people, for the people, shall
not perish from the earth"