“National Commemoration Day”: The Authoritative Powers and Efficacy of January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation xxx
(the efficacy) (the substructure) “…for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion… we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…” (Gettysburg Address Nov. …