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The Gala

Season 1 | 4m 19s

The boys from Greenwood School recite The Gettysburg Address.

Funding for THE ADDRESS is provided by Bank of America; Public Broadcasting Service; Corporation for Public Broadcasting and members of The Better Angels Society, including Robert & Beverly Grappone.
Extras
Ken Burns talks about The Address.
The story of a tiny school where students memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.
Greenwood School in Vermont holds a contest every year: reciting the Gettysburg Address.
Ken Burns remembers the best Christmas present he ever received.
Joan Ganz Cooney discusses The Gettysburg Address with Elmo and Murray from Sesame Street.
Thomas and Cooper work on memorizing The Gettysburg Address.
Geo and Kevin learn the Gettysburg Address.
A quick look at the students of Greenwood School.
A short history of the Civil War and the Gettysburg Address.
Ned
Ned explains what reciting The Address means to him.
The story of a tiny school where students memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.