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Abraham Lincoln stood here when he raised the flag on
Independence Hall February 22nd 1861. Marker is on the pavement near the
statue of George Washington |
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Marker is on Chestnut Street, on the right when
traveling east
Marker text:
Abraham Lincoln stood here when he raised the flag on Independence
Hall, February 22nd, 1861. This tablet placed by Post 2, Department of
Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic
Speech at the Flag-raising before Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861
FELLOW CITIZENS:---I am invited and called before you to participate in
raising above Independence Hall the flag of our country, with an
additional star upon it. (Cheers.) I propose now, in advance of
performing this very pleasant and complimentary duty, to say a few
words. I propose to say that when that flag was originally raised here
it had but thirteen stars. I wish to call your attention to the fact,
that, under the blessing of God, each additional star added to that flag
has given additional prosperity and happiness to this country until it
has advanced to its present condition; and its welfare in the future, as
well as in the past, is in your hands. (Cheers.) Cultivating the spirit
that animated our fathers, who gave renown and celebrity to this Hall,
cherishing that fraternal feeling which has so long characterized us as
a nation, excluding passion, ill-temper and precipitate action on all
occasions, I think we may promise ourselves that not only the new star
placed upon that flag shall be permitted to remain there to our
permanent prosperity for years to come, but additional ones shall from
time to time be placed there, until we shall number as was anticipated
by the great historian, five hundred millions of happy and prosperous
people. (Great applause.) With these few remarks, I proceed to the very
agreeable duty assigned me |
