Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday. His famous Gettysburg Address will be recited by thousands of Illinois students in Illinois and around the world.
It is hoped that a Guiness World Record will be broken at 9:30 AM tomorrow. A live webcast will stream out of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, where state officials, school children, and a Lincoln impersonator will recite it.
It is being called the "Four Score and Seven" event. The record they are attempting to break is in the category "Most People Reading Aloud Simultaneously in Multiple Locations." The current record was set in December 2006, when 223,363 participated in the reading of E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web."
Good Luck on the Effort. --Da Coot
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