Excerpt from The Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association Lincoln Birthday Service: In Memorial Hall; On Friday, February the Twelfth, Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen at Three O'clock P. M We feel sure that you all came here more especially to listen to the words of the orator of the day, and not to any extended remarks from the President of the Association. Nevertheless, as the committee has seen fit to place him on the program for some remarks, he seems in duty bound to say a few words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.