This weeks reading was actually pretty interesting. I never knew that The Declaration of Independence had 3 version and the 3rd one is the one that Americans recognize as "the original". Even in our history classes back in high school, we never learned that there were 3 copies. Looking at the first draft it makes it clearly known that it took a lot of revisions to make the document perfect. I also never knew that it was made to be posted as posters around towns. The 3rd copy was made or drafted after New York had voted on independence and therefore changed the heading to "The unanimous declaration".
About the Gettysburg Address, I didn't know that there were 5 copies. 3 of which were made after the speech had been given. I think it's weird that Lincoln went back the day after he gave his speech and revised it. The only thing I can think of is that he some how knew that his speech would be documented and he wanted something out of it for the future.
I also like Johnny Cash's reading of The Gettysburg Address. I like how he plays his guitar in the background as he reads it. Me being a big fan of the Man in Black, I think there was no one better besides Lincoln himself to read the address.
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