272 Words
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation invited all Americans to submit 272 words in honor of the sixteenth president's famous Gettysburg Address. To commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Address, on the 19th day of the 11th month of this, our 2013th year, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Museum and Foundation challenge you to participate in an historic project: “272 Words,” wherein people from all walks of life write 272 words in the spirit of the 16th U.S. President. You can write about Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address or a cause which stirs your passions, but remember, in the spirit of Mr. Lincoln, write only 272 words. This year I decided to submit 272 words of my own. Keeping in mind we're emulating a speech I wrote my 272 words in a manner characteristic of what I'd like to say to a throng of people. Short, succinct and hopefully pushing the right buttons to make people think. Two hundred and seventy-two words isn't a lot of room...