Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Interpretation, will present “‘If It Takes Three Years More’: Lincoln at the Sanitary Fairs of 1864” as part of Adams County Library’s Perspectives & Pathways Community Speaker Series. The program begins at 6:00pm at the Gettysburg Library (140 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA, 17325). For more information, visit the Library’s Events page.

In 1864, Abraham Lincoln spoke at three fairs benefiting the Sanitary Commission, pleading for a new “definition for the word liberty,” promising “retribution” against Confederates who slaughtered Black U.S. soldiers, and vowing to proceed even “if it takes three years more”—collectively encompassing the most underappreciated orations of his presidency.