Castorina v. Blasio

OPINION OF THE COURT

Philip G. Minardo, J.

On November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln declared:

“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather…