Chairman recalls Lincoln in Independence Day message
July 2nd, 2009
In his annual Independence Day message to members of the U.S. armed forces worldwide, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recalls a speech Abraham Lincoln delivered in Chicago in 1858.
Here is Navy Adm. Mike Mullen's holiday message:
The Fourth of July in America perpetually binds us to the birth of our nation, and the spirit of a revolution.
Eighty-two years after Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, another future president, Abraham Lincoln, eloquently defined the Fourth as an annual celebration of his listeners' enduring connection with their previous, heroic generation. But, he added, "There is something else."
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Here is Navy Adm. Mike Mullen's holiday message:
The Fourth of July in America perpetually binds us to the birth of our nation, and the spirit of a revolution.
Eighty-two years after Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, another future president, Abraham Lincoln, eloquently defined the Fourth as an annual celebration of his listeners' enduring connection with their previous, heroic generation. But, he added, "There is something else."
more...