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Thomas and Cooper

Season 1 Episode 1 | 2m 37s

Thomas and Cooper from The Greenwood School work on memorizing The Gettysburg Address.

Funding provided by Bank of America; the Anne Ray Charitable Trust; Public Broadcasting Service; and members of The Better Angels Society, including The Pfeil Foundation and Robert & Beverly Grappone. Funding was also provided by Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as part of "American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen," a public media initiative to help communities solve the national high school dropout crisis and keep more students on a successful path to college and career.
Extras
Ken Burns talks about The Address.
The story of a tiny school where students memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.
Greenwood School in Vermont holds a contest every year: reciting the Gettysburg Address.
Ken Burns remembers the best Christmas present he ever received.
Joan Ganz Cooney discusses The Gettysburg Address with Elmo and Murray from Sesame Street.
Ned
Ned explains what reciting The Address means to him.
A quick look at the students of Greenwood School.
Geo and Kevin learn the Gettysburg Address.
A short history of the Civil War and the Gettysburg Address.
The boys from Greenwood School recite The Gettysburg Address.
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