Column: He loved his rallies, so why won’t Trump make them part of the historical record?
Shannon Bow O’Brien - The Fulcrum
Public figures live on within the words they are remembered by. To understand the effect they had on history, their words need to be documented.
No one is absolutely sure of exactly what Abraham Lincoln said in his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. Five known manuscripts exist, but all are slightly different. Every newspaper story from the day contains a different account.
In the case of modern presidents, for the official record, we rely on transcriptions of all their speeches collected by the national government.