...of the people, by the people, for the people...

All my kids are in the Franklin school system, and every grading period (six weeks) they are required to memorize and recite a poem in front of the class.  Grace started this in Kindergarten, with easier poems, and Ember is still doing it in sixth grade, with increased difficulty.  This most recent grading period her class was asked to memorize Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address... the whole thing.  Ember saw the length of it and was overwhelmed, but she got to work without complaint.  We had several discussions about the words she was learning, what they meant, and why they're still relevant today.  Today was the day she was assigned to pass it off in class.  She went to school armed with hours of study, a blessing from her Dad and prayers from her family, and she NAILED IT!  I am one proud Mama!  I asked her to recite it just one more time, so I could capture it on film and share it with the entire internet :)