http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/gettysburg-address-editorial-retraction/index.html?sr=fb111513gettysburgretract11a Page 1 of 2 Nov 16, 2013 04:17:48AM MST Crowds attend the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address. 150 years later, newspaper retracts editorial panning Gettysburg Address By Michael Pearson , CNN updated 9:49 AM EST, Fri November 15, 2013 CNN.com (CNN) -- In what might be one of the oldest corrections in the history of journalism, the editorial board of a Pennsylvania newspaper has retracted its predecessor's famous panning of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as "silly remarks." "Seven score and ten years ago, the forefathers of this media institution brought forth to its audience a judgment so flawed, so tainted by hubris, so lacking in the perspective history would bring, that it cannot remain unaddressed in our archives," the Thursday, editors of The Patriot-News wrote evoking the opening words and style of Lincoln's most famous speech. Back then, the editors of the Patriot & Union newspaper -- an ancestor of today's Harrisburg paper -- thought so little of Lincoln's "silly remarks" that they hoped "the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them, and that they shall be no more reposted or thought of." Oopsie. History didn't cooperate. While mildly received on its delivery, marking the consecration of the the November 19, 1863, speech national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, has gone on to become one of the most famous pieces of writing in the American canon -- inscribed on monuments, taught to schoolchildren and frequently surfacing in cultural references. "Four score and seven years ago," Lincoln wrote in the speech's famous opening line, "our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Filmmaker Ken Burns , calling the address recently urged all Americans to learn and recite the speech "some of the most important words ever spoken." Americans reciting the Gettysburg Address And so, on Thursday, the newspaper : set the record straight "The world will little note nor long remember our emendation of this institution's record -- but we must do as conscience demands," the newspaper wrote.

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Crowds attend the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery where Abraham Lincolndelivered his famous Gettysburg Address.

150 years later, newspaper retracts editorial panning Gettysburg AddressBy Michael Pearson , CNNupdated 9:49 AM EST, Fri November 15, 2013 CNN.com

(CNN) -- In what might be one of theoldest corrections in the history ofjournalism, the editorial board of aPennsylvania newspaper has retracted itspredecessor's famous panning ofPresident Abraham Lincoln's GettysburgAddress as "silly remarks."

"Seven score and ten years ago, theforefathers of this media institutionbrought forth to its audience a judgmentso flawed, so tainted by hubris, so lackingin the perspective history would bring,

that it cannot remain unaddressed in our archives," the Thursday,editors of The Patriot-News wroteevoking the opening words and style of Lincoln's most famous speech.

Back then, the editors of the Patriot & Union newspaper -- an ancestor of today's Harrisburg paper --thought so little of Lincoln's "silly remarks" that they hoped "the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them,and that they shall be no more reposted or thought of."

Oopsie.

History didn't cooperate.

While mildly received on its delivery, marking the consecration of thethe November 19, 1863, speechnational cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, has gone on to become one of the most famous pieces ofwriting in the American canon -- inscribed on monuments, taught to schoolchildren and frequentlysurfacing in cultural references.

"Four score and seven years ago," Lincoln wrote in the speech's famous opening line, "our fathersbrought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that allmen are created equal."

Filmmaker Ken Burns , calling the addressrecently urged all Americans to learn and recite the speech"some of the most important words ever spoken."

Americans reciting the Gettysburg Address

And so, on Thursday, the newspaper :set the record straight

"The world will little note nor long remember our emendation of this institution's record -- but we must doas conscience demands," the newspaper wrote.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/gettysburg-address-editorial-retraction/index.html?sr=fb111513gettysburgretract11a

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/11/a_patriot-news_editorial_retraction_the_gettysburg_address.html

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/opinion/burns-gettysburg-address/

http://www.learntheaddress.org/

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/11/a_patriot-news_editorial_retraction_the_gettysburg_address.html#incart_m-rpt-1

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"In the editorial about President Abraham Lincoln's speech delivered Nov. 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, thePatriot & Union failed to recognize its momentous importance, timeless eloquence, and lastingsignificance. The Patriot-News regrets the error."

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