Abe and Ed at Gettysburg (Episode #86, 19 Feb. 2022)

Happy President's Day! This my second episode relating to the awesomeness of Abe Lincoln. We'll cover two addresses at Gettysburg, the famous one by Abe, and the long winded version Edward Everett, the featured speaker, who is typically glossed over as the long winded two hour speech prior to Lincoln's speech. Here I give Everett his due.  Yes, he was a little bit of a windbag, but there's some good stuff in the speech too.  It's kind of a little history lesson on Greece, England, Germany, Rome, a description of Gettysburg itself, the reasons for the war and the South's bs arguments for waging the Civil War. So, yes, in compared to Lincoln, yes, the speech kind of sucked, but it had some good kernels of wisdom too that I cover. I'll also give Abe's Gettysburg his due at the end of this podcast as well. This was a fun one to do.  My last episode on Abe kind of bombed, but such is the nature of this podcast.  I'll do stuff that interests the few and the many.  You guys seems to like the fasting episodes the most, but I am going to continue to do history episodes too because that's my true love. Would love to hear your feedback on this podcast and on future topics that you would like to explore: [email protected] or [email protected].