Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We…will be remembered in spite of ourselves.


second annual message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862


Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We…will be remembered in spite of ourselves.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We…will be remembered in spite of ourselves.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We…will be remembered in spite of ourselves.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We…will be remembered in spite of ourselves.