April 1865
April 1865 saw an end to the American Civil War and the Assassiantion of Abraham Lincoln. As a tribute to the man who many view as the greatest US President - here is an except from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address ....
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we
pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass
away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all
the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and
fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and
until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be
paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three
thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the
judgments of the Lord are true and righteous
altogether".
With malice toward none, with charity for all,
with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the
right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in,
to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who
shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his
orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a
just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all
nations.
- Excerpt from President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
