Very colorful. Mrs. Johnson spent time here at the ranch. It was important because it provided respite from the turmoil in washington. The johnsons could come presidency. First lady, lady bird johnson. Gentlemen, the president of the united states. Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether this nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. Weve come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is all together fitting and proper that we should do this, but in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate. We cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far beyond our power to add or detract. The world will little know nor longer remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. That this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not parish from the earth. Glory, glory hallelujah American History will be at the Soldiers National cemetery in pennsylvania this tuesday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abraham lincolns gettysburg address. Speakers include a civil war histori historian. You can watch the ceremony on thanksgiving day, november 28 at 4 00 and 10 00 eastern time here on cspan 3. Is it historically fair to compare the government 2013 shutdown to the 1830 secession . Scientists pondered whether its worthwhile or possible to apply lincolns beliefs. Our panel today is what would lincoln do, how lincoln gets used and abused in todays washington. To do that, we put together a group that is extremely expert in both history and policy. Ill will briefly introduce them and ill describe how the panel came together and well get to it. To my right is james swanson. Hes been a senior scholar at the heritage foundation. Next is craig simons. He is a professor of history from the u. S. Va