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11-15-2013, 11:13 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It took 150 years, but a Pennsylvania newspaper said Thursday it should have recognized the greatness of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at the time it was delivered.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, about 35 miles northeast of Gettysburg, retracted a dismissive editorial penned by its Civil War-era predecessor, The Harrisburg Patriot & Union.
The president's speech is now considered a triumph of American oratory.
The retraction, which echoes Lincoln's now-familiar language, said the newspaper's November 1863 coverage was wrong when it described the speech as "silly remarks" that deserved a "veil of oblivion."
The paper now says it regrets the error of not seeing its "momentous importance, timeless eloquence and lasting significance."
http://news.yahoo.com/pa-paper-sorry-panning-gettysburg-address-195152544.html
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, about 35 miles northeast of Gettysburg, retracted a dismissive editorial penned by its Civil War-era predecessor, The Harrisburg Patriot & Union.
The president's speech is now considered a triumph of American oratory.
The retraction, which echoes Lincoln's now-familiar language, said the newspaper's November 1863 coverage was wrong when it described the speech as "silly remarks" that deserved a "veil of oblivion."
The paper now says it regrets the error of not seeing its "momentous importance, timeless eloquence and lasting significance."
http://news.yahoo.com/pa-paper-sorry-panning-gettysburg-address-195152544.html