Once every so often in grade school we would have a field trip out to Gettysburg. The battlefield being relatively close, we would spend an afternoon looking across the Wheat Field, looking down into Devil's Den, peering through the Peach Orchard or surveying the Union's advantage from the top of Little Round Top. All very majesterial and very much a part of this Nation's collective historical unconscious. Our field trips there were a highlight in the school year. We learned something about our country and we got to spend some time out of doors.

Today's an anniversary of the Gettysburg address. It's probably the most famous of Lincoln's speeches. Very powerful and moving. Here's a way to invert the speech's succinct narrative. It could've been better using Apple's Keynote.

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