Justice Antonin Scalia Led High Point Of Gettysburg Ceremonies
Among the countries listed were Canada and the United Kingdom. I wonder if they are fleeing the horrors of national health care. Also included was Burkina Faso, which I have to confess I had never heard of. It turns out that it was called the Republic of Upper Volta back when I was collecting stamps, which is the source of much of my lamentably deficient geographic knowledge. When our new fellow Americans were done abjuring all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign princes or potentates, the crowd gave them a standing ovation.
Live From Gettysburg Address Sesquicentennial
“President’s Lincoln’s Own Band” was performing at the Wills house. The Band is composed of the musicians who performed in the movie Lincoln wearing the same uniforms that they wore in the movie. CV and I got to chat with them last night at dinner in the hotel and this morning at breakfast. Apparently, the cold presents problems for them beyond discomfort as the larger instruments warm up more slowly which puts them out of tune. The band will be performing this morning at the Ceremony. The Marine Corps Band will be playing the National Anthem. It was President Lincoln that started the tradition of the special relationship between the Presidency and the Marine Corps Band.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.