by Jeffrey S. Williams
Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force
President Abraham Lincoln was incorrect when he asserted that “the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,” when he presented his “few appropriate remarks” to open the Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa., on Nov. 19, 1863. Now that 150 years have passed since the delivery of that address, it has gone down in history as one of the most famous speeches in American history.
School children at Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan, Minn., raise their hands and wait for President Abraham Lincoln, portrayed by Max Daniels, to call on them to ask a question during the Nov. 19 presentation. The one-day lecture series was sponsored by the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force. (Photo by Jeffrey Williams/Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force)
Nearly 500 people marked the occasion of Lincoln’s speech when the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force sponsored Max and Donna Daniels to portray President and Mrs. Lincoln, at four locations throughout the Twin Cities in a one-day lecture series on Nov. 19, 2013.
The Lincoln’s began the day at Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan, Minn., where they spoke in front of over 200 schoolchildren. During the afternoon, they presented to students and faculty at Century College in White Bear Lake, Minn., and Concordia University-St. Paul, before concluding the evening at the Pohlad Hall of the Minneapolis Public Library. At the evening event, they were preceded by an hour-long presentation by John D. Cox, a Gettysburg licensed battlefield guide and author of Gettysburg: A History for the People.
Max and Donna Daniels, portraying President and Mrs. Lincoln give their presentation at the Minneapolis Public Library on Nov. 19 for the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in an event sponsored by the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force. They were preceded by an hour-long presentation by John D. Cox, a Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide and author of Gettysburg: A History for the People. (Photo by Jeffrey Williams/Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force)
Max and Donna Daniels, portraying President and Mrs. Lincoln give their presentation at Concordia University-St. Paul on Nov. 19 for the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in an event sponsored by the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force. (Photo by Jeffrey Williams/Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force)
Max and Donna Daniel, portraying the President and Mrs. Lincoln, pose for a photograph with History Department faculty Paul Hillmer and David Woodard at Concordia University-St. Paul on Nov. 19, 2013, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s historic Gettysburg Address. (Photo by Jeffrey Williams/Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force)
Max Daniels, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, discusses the Gettysburg Address with a Century College student in White Bear Lake, Minn. on Nov. 19, the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s historic speech. The event was sponsored by the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force. (Photo by Jeffrey Williams/Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force)
