Cribb, historian and author of the historical novel old abe. He is your to talk to us about the 157th anniversary and the lasting significance of president lincolns gettysburg address. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host you wrote earlier this today the gettysburg address is more important for our nation than ever. Tell us why. Guest because the gettysburg address speaks to a problem that has been around as long as human beings or at least society has been around and that is the problem of our people going to rule themselves or are they going to be ruled by others . People who would otherwise take their freedom away. Lincoln knew that problem never goes away, it doesnt. He said it is an ageold problem. That is really what he in the end was speaking to in the gettysburg address. Day, today as in his day, there are forces around the world who want to take freedom away from people here and abroad. We always have to be on our guard against them. Lincoln knew that.
The 157th anniversary and the lasting significance of president lincolns gettysburg address. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host you wrote earlier this today the gettysburg address is more important for our nation than ever. Tell us why. Guest because the gettysburg address speaks to a problem that has been around as long as human beings or at least society has been around and that is the problem of our people going to rule themselves or are they going to be ruled by others . People who would otherwise take their freedom away. Lincoln knew that problem never goes away, it doesnt. He said it is an ageold problem. That is really what he in the end was speaking to in the gettysburg address. Day, today as in his day, there are forces around the world who want to take freedom away from people here and abroad. We always have to be on our guard against them. Lincoln knew that. If you look at the gettysburg address am a he talks about rededicating ourselves to the prin
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[video clip] my mother was a college student, student of International Affairs who took a an interest in public issues. She could not vote yet that tenant farmers on our farm, some of whom were illiterate could vote. Host who was harry byrne and why does he play a central role in your story . Guest Harry Thomas Byrne was the youngest legislator in the tennessee General Assembly in 1920. He was a freshman delegate. He was up for reelection in the fall. He represented a small hill town in east tennessee, the republican part of tennessee. And he, although he voted with the antisuffragists and the nt ratificationists from the 19th amendment, was upper ratification and that tennessee General Assembly that summer, he changed his mind because of a q a letter he received from his mother we described in that clip. The mind, tilted the vote by one vote and that is how the 19th amendment was finally ratified. Host how did the vote for ratification of the constitutional amendment come down to tenn