On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Allen C. Guelzo, Director of the James Madison Program's Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, joins the show to discuss the legacy of the Gettysburg Address and what Lincoln might say to us today.

Guelzo's 2013 article for The New York Times is here.

Guelzo's 2013 piece in the Claremont Review of Books is here.

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