This Day in History: 1913-11-19
New Jersey State Commissioner of Education, Calvin N. Kendall, has suggested in a letter to all School Superintendents, Principals and Teachers that all upper elementary and high schools pupils in the State memorize and recite the Gettysburg Address on this 50th anniversary of that great speech. He wrote of its patriotic value and referred to it as one of the greatest masterpieces of English prose. There is no evidence that this suggestion was followed in the Township schools. (Bristow)