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"Abraham Lincoln Speaks: The Civil War and My Gettysburg Address" Now on Video

If you weren't at Portsmouth Town Hall last Tuesday evening, you missed a unique experience. Fred Zilian, Portsmouth resident and well-respected Civil War expert, performed as Abraham Lincoln speaking to a crowd at Gettysburg which concluded with that masterpiece of a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. This 252 word speech has been called one of the greatest in American history and his words are as stirring today as they were 150 years ago, when the speech was given at Gettysburg on 19 November 1863. 
His performance is now available for viewing on Youtube at

 http://youtu.be/8oyBdqDupJU This was a Portsmouth 375th event.

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