On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered an address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I thought about sharing a famous reading of that famous speech. But you know me.
I hope that good comedy shall not perish from the Earth.
That’s what I thought, “Wow, Opie has grown!”.
This is the voice of William V. Rathvon, who as a nine-year-old boy watched and listened to Abraham Lincoln deliver his address at Gettysburg in November 1863.
https://www.historyonthenet.com/authentichistory/1860-1865/2-sounds/2-historical/19380212_Gettysburg_Eyewitness_William_V_Rathvon.html