Is trying to save part of the willow factory. 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 have consecrated it far beyond our power to add or detract. The world will little know nor lock 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 hal lay lou yeah American History will be at the Soldiers National cemetery in pennsylvania this tuesday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abraham lincolns gettysburg address. You can watch the ceremony on thanksgiving day, november 28 at 4 00 and 10 00 eastern time here on cspan 3. This november 22 marks the 50th anniversary of president kennedys assassination. Each weekend this month well hear eyewitness accounts surrounding that fall day in 1963 that began with the president s motorcade in the streets of dallas and ended in national tragedy. Up next, dr. Thomas mcconnell. He talks about his experiences at the white house, the u. S. Capitol, and at arlington National Cemetery in the days after the president s death. The sixth floor museum hosted this event. Evidence that shots were fired from the buildings sixth floor was discover after the incident. Wed like to invite special guests back to participate in an event like this. Thats what living history is all about. And todays living speaker has him at the pentagon at the day of the assassination. But his assignments that weekend took him to the white house, to the National Cemetery. I hopely help me welcome dr. Thomas mcconnell to share his story with us. [ applause ] dr. Mcconnell, even though the story were going to be talking about takes place in washington, youre a dallas native. And one of the things that