Not far from then, President Lincoln was assassinated. The work he did to abolish slavery was far from over since African Americans didn’t receive full rights until after the Civil Rights Movements. Today we stand united, the North and South together as one, many backgrounds and many faces. So, no matter how hard we may try to hide the scars the war left behind, we must always look back on them and learn. We must learn from the “drop[s] of blood” and the draw of the lash. Furthermore, we shall “strive” for the future, “bind” the wounded, and “cherish” the peace. “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray,” the nation will continue in the “firmness” of others. May “a just” and “lasting peace” within our Union and within our world be our highest objective, for the “scourge of war” can sink a people and its
Not far from then, President Lincoln was assassinated. The work he did to abolish slavery was far from over since African Americans didn’t receive full rights until after the Civil Rights Movements. Today we stand united, the North and South together as one, many backgrounds and many faces. So, no matter how hard we may try to hide the scars the war left behind, we must always look back on them and learn. We must learn from the “drop[s] of blood” and the draw of the lash. Furthermore, we shall “strive” for the future, “bind” the wounded, and “cherish” the peace. “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray,” the nation will continue in the “firmness” of others. May “a just” and “lasting peace” within our Union and within our world be our highest objective, for the “scourge of war” can sink a people and its