This week's feature is historical figures known for giving stirring speeches, such as US
President Abraham Lincoln, known for his Gettysburg Address during the US Civil War.
Per wikitree.com I am:
17 degrees from Abraham Lincoln
19 degrees from Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister, known for several of his
speeches, such as "We shall fight on the beaches" to rally spirits during World War II.
22 degrees from Charles de Gaulle - French President, and his speeches to the free
French on 18, 19 and 22 June 1940.
23 degrees from Vida Goldstein - Australian politician and activist, "The step I am taking
is unique in the history of the world," campaign launch speech in 1903.
16 degrees from Patrick Henry - "Give me liberty or give me death" that served as
inspiration during the American Revolution.
19 degrees from John Kennedy - US President, gave numerous important speeches, including his inaugural address with the famous words, "Ask not what your country can
do for you ˙ ask what you can do for your country."
22 degrees from Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt Nez Perce - of the Nez Pearce tribe, famously
known for his "I will fight no more forever" speech.
14 degrees from Louis Riel - who in 1885 gave a speech to the jury in Regina in his own
defense after the leading the M˙tis at Red River which led to Manitoba becoming a
province.
17 degrees from Eleanor Roosevelt - "The struggle for rights" speech in support of
women voting.
25 degrees from Sojourner Truth - who gave her "Ain't I a woman?" speech at the 1851
Women's Convention.
26 degrees from Richard von Weizsacker - German president who gave a stirring speech
of reflection upon the 40th anniversary of the end World War II.
22 degrees from William Wilberforce - abolition speech given in the House of Commons
in 1789.
I have some ancestors that were astronauts, black, bank robbers, singers and musicians, politicians, physicians, detectives, architects, actors, comedians. I guess that
I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.
https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters.
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