{"id":146,"date":"2013-03-28T20:32:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T00:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:33:04","slug":"flags-and-abraham-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/flags-and-abraham-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Flags and Abraham Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"

By James Breig<\/a><\/p>\n

This year marks the midway point in recalling significant \u2013 and flag-related — anniversaries in American military history: the continuing bicentennial of the War of 1812, during which \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d was written, and the ongoing 70th<\/sup> anniversary of World War II, including the raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima.<\/p>\n

But precedence has to go to the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Now halfway through the 150th<\/sup> anniversary of the War Between the States, we are moving toward two very significant moments that occurred in 1863: the Battle of Gettysburg in July and the Gettysburg Address in November.<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln\u2019s magnificent speech on the Pennsylvania battlefield is rightly ranked among the most significant addresses in history. It is known to every American and quoted worldwide. What is less known is how often Lincoln spoke about the U.S. flag.<\/p>\n

On the day before his 52nd<\/sup> birthday in 1861, for example, while on a train journey to his first inauguration, Lincoln stopped in Lafayette, Indiana, to address the crowds who had turned out to see him.<\/p>\n

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Campaign banner for 1860 election of Lincoln and his running mate, Hannibal Hamlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cFellow citizens,\u201d he said, \u201cwhile some of us may differ in political opinions, still we are all united in one feeling for the Union. We all believe in the maintenance of the Union, of every star and every stripe of the glorious flag\u2026.Upon the union of the States, there shall be between us no difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five days later, in Dunkirk, New York, he spoke to thousands of people. A newspaper reported that \u201ca triumphal arch was erected over the track,\u201d while \u201cfair ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and a platform around a flag staff, covered with velvet carpet, was prepared for Mr. Lincoln to speak from.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president-elect joked, \u201cWere I to stop and make a speech at every station, I would not reach Washington until after the inauguration.\u201d He then placed his rail-splitter\u2019s grip around the flagpole beside him and solemnly declared, \u201cStanding as I do, with my hand upon this staff and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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