GRANITE STATERS ASKED TO LEARN & RECITE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

(DURHAM, February 4, 2014) — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, filmmaker Ken Burns, NHPTV, PBS and other organizations have launched a national effort to encourage everyone in America, especially students, to record their recitation of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech.The campaign is inspired by the subject of Burns’s film THE ADDRESS, which tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. The students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences that make their personal, academic and social progress challenging. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln’s most powerful address.“In his address, President Lincoln said, ‘The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here,’ and yet 150 years later, the students of the Greenwood School are using his momentous words to overcome adversity,” Burns said. “We want to tell this story to inspire everyone across the nation, especially school children, to learn the rich history of American freedom and sacrifice embedded in one of the most important declarations ever made.”New Hampshire, Let's Learn The Address! NHPTV and PBS are encouraging Granite Staters to recite The Address and record it with a mobile phone, tablet, flip camera, or video camera. It’s easy to upload the file to YouTube, fill out a short form on the website, and then tell everyone that they can do it too! All video’s are posted on the national learntheaddress.org website.

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