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Next week here in the United States, we will honor two of our
greatest Presidents, George Washington & Abraham Lincoln -- by sort
of smooshing both of their February birthdays into a single
"National Holiday". For most folks, it will be just another
chance to get in an extra three-day weekend, but any good
homeschooler worth his/her salt will grab hold of any excuse to
look back at the history of our nation and learn more about the
men who made it great to begin with. Well, we're here to help you
take advantage of this teachable moment, this week and next. So,
in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which actually occurred
on February 12th, but is celebrated as part of President's Day
next week (Feb. 20th), we present this week's classic and classy
program...
Abe Lincoln Speaks
In this episode of "Recollections At Thirty", a retrospective of
radio's early days, we hear some fine dramatizations of Abraham
Lincoln's speeches. Raymond Massey on "The Rudy Vallee Show"
(1938) performs the stirring conclusion of " Abe Lincoln In Illinois,"
with Lincoln's farewell speech ashe left Illinois on his way to
Washington DC and the presidency. Next, we look at Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address. It was just 10 sentences,only 272
words, and lasted only 2 minutes, 35 seconds -- but those few
words still echo across the years today. Alexander Woollcott
(speaking in 1939) has some fascinating comments about both the
content of that speech as well as the circumstances under which it was
delivered-- that we frankly never even thought about before. This
episode of "Recollections" originally aired on February 13,
1956.
Bonus ebook:
CHILDHOOD STORIES OF WASHINGTON & LINCOLN!
As an extra bonus resource for you, this week we are also giving you a copy of the excellent little ebook, "Childhood Stories of George Washington & Abraham Lincoln" by Ann Tatum.
This great little book contains some delightful true stories of
BOTH of these great men when they were young boys. These are
great "read aloud" stories for the whole family.
Click here for the download links for both of these great resources
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