Well, the election is over and now Gettysburg Pennslvania, along with the rest of the country, has a new president-elect. Barack Obama won the election handily and already his historic win is receiving accolades and driving a nostalgia for a time when another historic president made his way through Gettysburg. Obama has been compared with Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation and freed the slaves in the U.S. Lincoln is also recognized as the president who saves the union.
Well, here we are again, in the 21st century, and we’re as divided as ever. Maybe not with guns and weapons of warfare, but with stark differences in ideology, and the incoming president is promising to unite us once again. Can he do it?
Whether he can or not, one thing is for sure. Barack Obama has already made history. There is no doubt that he is destined to have his place in the Hall of Presidents and First Ladies, located right here in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
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