Word: gettysburg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Francisco Chronicle went to the future tense. It is January 1971, and President Nixon has just assessed the state of the Union. "Well, Chet, do you have an instant analysis?" "Yes, I do, David. I'd say it was the most magnificent, glorious, stirring speech since the Gettysburg Address. I think my biggest thrill came when he said, T want to make one thing perfectly clear.' I always get a thrill when I realize the President's going to make one thing perfectly clear...
DOUG DEVRIES Gettysburg...
GEORGE F. EMERY Gettysburg...
...could not assure permanent peace, but he managed to avoid war during a perilous decade. No civilian has ever spoken more often or with greater conviction about the need to end war. In 1961, retiring to his 200-acre farm near Gettysburg, Pa.?the first home that he and Mamie ever owned?he raised cattle and tended the land. "I wanted to take a piece of ground like this that had been sort of worn out through improper use and try to restore it," he said a few years ago. "I just said that when...
...time while he was on the mend, she had moved back to the Gettysburg farm, making frequent visits to the hospital. Last week Mamie moved back into Walter Reed. Meanwhile, as he traveled through Europe, President Nixon was receiving frequent reports on his old boss's health...