I See the Promised Land, April 3, 1968
Memphis, Tennessee
Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy in his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. It’s always good to have your closest friend and associate say something good about you. And Ralph [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr.: I See the Promised Land (“I’ve been to the mountain top”)
Posted in Martin Luther King Speeches, tagged History, I See the Promised Land, I've been to the mountain top, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, Speeches, writing on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hitler’s Order of the Day Calling for Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece
Posted in Adolf Hitler Speeches, tagged Adolf Hitler, April 6 1941, Greece, History, Speeches, writing, WWII, Yugoslavia on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hitler’s Order of the Day Calling for Invasion of Yugoslovia and Greece, Berlin, April 6, 1941
SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FRONT:
Since early this morning the German people are at war with the Belgrade government of intrigue. We shall only lay down arms when this band of ruffians has been definitely and most emphatically eliminated, and the [...]
Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address -November 19, 1863
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Nineteenth Century, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, History, November 19 1863, Politics, Speeches, USA on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln joined in a dedication of a national cemetery on a portion of the battlefield. The speech he delivered that day would become one of the most famous speeches given by a U.S. President.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new [...]
