Gettysburg replies : the world responds to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address

(cont.) Fallen heroes / James Lovell -- Freedom : given by God, defended by man / Allen J. Lynch -- Conceived in liberty / Phil W. Magness -- A timeless call to action / Suzanne Malveaux -- Immigration to America / John F. Marszalek -- Lincoln's world and Gettysburg / Robert E. May -- 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address / Matthew H. Mead -- Learning from Lincoln / Michael Medved -- Transition in South Africa / Babalwa Mhlauli -- Democracy persists / Richard Lawrence Miller -- Visions of Lincoln : a century on screen / Nell Minow -- More information, less understanding / Newton N. Minow -- Reply / Barack H. Obama -- Building on Lincoln's legacy / Douglas R. Oberhelman -- Abraham Lincoln and the vital importance of civic education / Sandra Day O'Connor -- Proud disciples / Maureen Orth -- An unfinished masterpiece / Eboo Patel -- The long shadow of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address / Jared Peatman -- In the throes of democracy / Graham A. Peck -- Lincoln in the world / Kevin Peraino -- Remembering a second birth of freedom / Matthew Pinsker -- Fate and circumstance / Adam Pitluk -- The march must continue / Colin L. Powell -- The will of the people / Patrick J. Quinn -- Finishing their work / Grace Richards -- A continuing obligation / J. Joe Ricketts -- 272 words of hope / Karen Roth -- Battlefields for equal justice / Nancy Rousseau -- The promise of greater access / Eric Schmidt -- Hubris in 272 words / Thomas F. Schwartz -- 10 sentences, 4 clauses / Pete Seeger -- Demand the best / Judith Sheindlin -- A time-sensitive document / Scott Simon -- The unfinished work before us / Brooks D. Simpson -- The attractive vision of a better world / Steven Spielberg -- Genealogy apology / Kevin Stein -- The will of the people / Randall L. Stephenson -- The global meaning of the Gettysburg Address / Louise L. Stevenson -- Turn to Lincoln / Charles B. Strozier -- People like to eat / Evelyn Brandt Thomas with Karl Barnhart -- Lincoln's railroad / Robert W. Turner -- The Lincoln seedbed / Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Let's build a civilization based on universal values / Lech Walesa -- Let their lives shine / Scott Walker -- An American keystone / David Walser -- We are the benefactors of change agents / Robin White -- Words that count / Robert S. Willard -- A young girl's advice / Karen B. Winnick.;"The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum challenged presidents, judges, historians, filmmakers, poets, actors, and others to craft 272 words of their own to celebrate Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, or a related topic that stirs their passions ... [The book] features images of important Lincoln documents and artifacts, including the first copy of the address that Lincoln wrote out after delivering it, the program from the cemetery dedication, Lincoln's presidential seal, and more."--Provided by publisher.;Preface / Carla Knorowski -- Introduction: A nation "at risk" - Lincoln's world and ours / James M. Cornelius -- Walking with Lincoln / Tom Amandes -- Lincoln and Eureka College / J. David Arnold -- Greater efforts, grander victories / Julian Bond -- The Gettysburg story / Jake Boritt -- A common path taken / John Borling -- On the occasion of the great leaving / Robert Bray -- The dark horse candidate / Edward M. Burke -- The business of words / Ken Burns -- The Gettysburg Address : rewriting America's foundational narrative / William D. Burns -- Truth / George H. W. Bush -- A powerful reminder / George W. Bush -- The long march / Amy Carlson -- Gettysburg Address / Jimmy Carter -- Our struggle was their struggle / Richard Carwardine -- Rebuild together / Bill Clinton -- One thousand five hundred and seventy days / Catherine Clinton -- On a poem by Lincoln : "My childhood home I see again" / Billy Collins -- Lincoln's world language / James M. Cornelius -- A new nation / Jeremy T. Crandall -- The concept of accountability / Keith David -- Unfinished work / Alan M. Dershowitz -- I am a foreigner / Danian C. Douglas -- Overalls / Richard H. Driehaus -- Our greatest treasure / Tammy Duckworth -- Gettysburg : rebirth of the revolution / Dick Durbin -- A new American anthem / Jason Emerson -- Lincoln in memory and mission / Richard W. Etulain -- The unfinished business of slavery / Nicholas J. Evans -- Will America sacrifice as it did in the Civil War? / Guy C. Fraker -- Gettysburg is not only in Pennsylvania / Nikki Giovanni -- What would Mr. Lincoln think? / Bill Goodman -- Equal opportunity to influence / Ginny Greer -- The ennobling universal passion / Allen C. Guelzo -- Canvassing the vote / Dan Guillory -- The best place on earth / Samuel R. Harris -- Each must enlist / Gary R. Herbert -- Footsteps / Katherine Hitchcock -- Gettysburg calls us to our solemn duty / Jackie Hogan -- Long remembered / Harold Holzer -- Saying much in little / William Howarth -- No greater words / Sally Jewell -- History is a cause / Gary T. Johnson -- Republicanism renewed / Howard Jones -- Words to music / John William Jones -- Clarity of purpose / Kathleen Kennedy -- Lincoln walking at night / Amanda L. Kilpatrick -- "In God we trust" / Carla Knorowski -- Mystery in the history of the Gettysburg Address / Michelle A. Krowl -- Photo essay / Annie Leibovitz -- Four score and seven Lincolns / David H. Leroy -- A look at a people / Caleb Lewis -- I heard Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address / Salvador Litvak -- Preface / Carla Knorowski -- Introduction: A nation "at risk" - Lincoln's world and ours / James M. Cornelius -- Walking with Lincoln / Tom Amandes -- Lincoln and Eureka College / J. David Arnold -- Greater efforts, grander victories / Julian Bond -- The Gettysburg story / Jake Boritt -- A common path taken / John Borling -- On the occasion of the great leaving / Robert Bray -- The dark horse candidate / Edward M. Burke -- The business of words / Ken Burns -- The Gettysburg Address : rewriting America's foundational narrative / William D. Burns -- Truth / George H. W. Bush -- A powerful reminder / George W. Bush -- The long march / Amy Carlson -- Gettysburg Address / Jimmy Carter -- Our struggle was their struggle / Richard Carwardine -- Rebuild together / Bill Clinton -- One thousand five hundred and seventy days / Catherine Clinton -- On a poem by Lincoln : "My childhood home I see again" / Billy Collins -- Lincoln's world language / James M. Cornelius -- A new nation / Jeremy T. Crandall -- The concept of accountability / Keith David -- Unfinished work / Alan M. Dershowitz -- I am a foreigner / Danian C. Douglas -- Overalls / Richard H. Driehaus -- Our greatest treasure / Tammy Duckworth -- Gettysburg : rebirth of the revolution / Dick Durbin -- A new American anthem / Jason Emerson -- Lincoln in memory and mission / Richard W. Etulain -- The unfinished business of slavery / Nicholas J. Evans -- Will America sacrifice as it did in the Civil War? / Guy C. Fraker -- Gettysburg is not only in Pennsylvania / Nikki Giovanni -- What would Mr. Lincoln think? / Bill Goodman -- Equal opportunity to influence / Ginny Greer -- The ennobling universal passion / Allen C. Guelzo -- Canvassing the vote / Dan Guillory -- The best place on earth / Samuel R. Harris -- Each must enlist / Gary R. Herbert -- Footsteps / Katherine Hitchcock -- Gettysburg calls us to our solemn duty / Jackie Hogan -- Long remembered / Harold Holzer -- Saying much in little / William Howarth -- No greater words / Sally Jewell -- History is a cause / Gary T. Johnson -- Republicanism renewed / Howard Jones -- Words to music / John William Jones -- Clarity of purpose / Kathleen Kennedy -- Lincoln walking at night / Amanda L. Kilpatrick -- "In God we trust" / Carla Knorowski -- Mystery in the history of the Gettysburg Address / Michelle A. Krowl -- Photo essay / Annie Leibovitz -- Four score and seven Lincolns / David H. Leroy -- A look at a people / Caleb Lewis -- I heard Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address / Salvador Litvak -- (cont.) Fallen heroes / James Lovell -- Freedom : given by God, defended by man / Allen J. Lynch -- Conceived in liberty / Phil W. Magness -- A timeless call to action / Suzanne Malveaux -- Immigration to America / John F. Marszalek -- Lincoln's world and Gettysburg / Robert E. May -- 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address / Matthew H. Mead -- Learning from Lincoln / Michael Medved -- Transition in South Africa / Babalwa Mhlauli -- Democracy persists / Richard Lawrence Miller -- Visions of Lincoln : a century on screen / Nell Minow -- More information, less understanding / Newton N. Minow -- Reply / Barack H. Obama -- Building on Lincoln's legacy / Douglas R. Oberhelman -- Abraham Lincoln and the vital importance of civic education / Sandra Day O'Connor -- Proud disciples / Maureen Orth -- An unfinished masterpiece / Eboo Patel -- The long shadow of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address / Jared Peatman -- In the throes of democracy / Graham A. Peck -- Lincoln in the world / Kevin Peraino -- Remembering a second birth of freedom / Matthew Pinsker -- Fate and circumstance / Adam Pitluk -- The march must continue / Colin L. Powell -- The will of the people / Patrick J. Quinn -- Finishing their work / Grace Richards -- A continuing obligation / J. Joe Ricketts -- 272 words of hope / Karen Roth -- Battlefields for equal justice / Nancy Rousseau -- The promise of greater access / Eric Schmidt -- Hubris in 272 words / Thomas F. Schwartz -- 10 sentences, 4 clauses / Pete Seeger -- Demand the best / Judith Sheindlin -- A time-sensitive document / Scott Simon -- The unfinished work before us / Brooks D. Simpson -- The attractive vision of a better world / Steven Spielberg -- Genealogy apology / Kevin Stein -- The will of the people / Randall L. Stephenson -- The global meaning of the Gettysburg Address / Louise L. Stevenson -- Turn to Lincoln / Charles B. Strozier -- People like to eat / Evelyn Brandt Thomas with Karl Barnhart -- Lincoln's railroad / Robert W. Turner -- The Lincoln seedbed / Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Let's build a civilization based on universal values / Lech Walesa -- Let their lives shine / Scott Walker -- An American keystone / David Walser -- We are the benefactors of change agents / Robin White -- Words that count / Robert S. Willard -- A young girl's advice / Karen B. Winnick. Almost five months after the Civil War’s deadliest clash, President Abraham Lincoln and other Union leaders gathered to dedicate the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The program for the occasion featured music, prayer, orations, and benedictions. In the middle of it all, the president gave a few commemorative remarks, speaking for just two minutes, delivering what we now know as the Gettysburg Address. Challenged to mark the enormity of the battle—which had turned the tide of the war, though neither side realized it yet—Lincoln used 272 words in ten sentences to rededicate the Union to the preservation of freedom. It remains the most important statement of our nation’s commitment to personal liberty since the Revolutionary War and has become one of the most important speeches in American history, a cornerstone of who we are as a country. A century and a half later, we still hold Lincoln’s message in our hearts. For Gettysburg Replies, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum challenged presidents, judges, historians, filmmakers, poets, actors, and others to craft 272 words of their own to celebrate Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, or a related topic that stirs their passions. President Jimmy Carter reveals how the Gettysburg Address helped bring Egypt and Israel closer at the Camp David Peace Accords. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor reflects on Lincoln’s dedication to the importance of civic education. General Colin Powell explains how Martin Luther King Jr. took up Lincoln’s mantle and carried it forward. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg touches on the benefits and perils of hero worship. Poet Laureate Billy Collins explores the dichotomy between the private man who wrote poetry (“My Childhood Home I See Again”) and the president who stood before all. Attorney Alan Dershowitz echoes Lincoln’s words to rally us to the freedom from weapons of mass destruction. Gettysburg Replies features images of important Lincoln documents and artifacts, including the first copy of the address that Lincoln wrote out after delivering it, the program from the cemetery dedication, Lincoln’s presidential seal, and more. Together, these words and images create a lasting tribute not only to Lincoln himself but also the power of his devotion to freedom.