Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Something that all Americans should make themselves familiar with. And it is something after reading you should ask yourself, have you and has the nation lived up to the address. Did those dead die in vain? Has government of the people, by the people, for the people perished from the earth?One could argue that the answer is yes to both questions, yes the Union won the Civil War and several other wars for that matter. However the answer hinges on whether or not you believe the nation lives and that the government is for people, by the people and of the people. Thus argument becomes has 21st century America become government of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation. If it is then we have failed.
Lincoln empowered all American's to ensure that this grand experiment of ours will not fail. It is how we honor those who have died fighting for our experiment. It also means that American life is not a passive experience, we must be ever vigilant and be willing to fight those who don't want government of the people, by the people, for the people.
