04/18/2026
Abraham Lincoln’s presidency is often described as a "Second American Revolution" because it transformed the U.S. from a union of states with legalized slavery into a consolidated nation dedicated to human equality.
In honor of Lincoln and recognizing need for revolution, we share the words of President Lincoln written this day in history:
My childhood home I see again,
And sadden with the view;
And still, as memory crowds my brain,
There’s pleasure in it too.
O Memory! thou midway world
‘Twixt earth and paradise,
Where things decayed and loved ones lost
In dreamy shadows rise…
… So memory will hallow all
We’ve known, but know no more.
Near twenty years have passed away
Since here I bid farewell…
… Where many were, but few remain
Of old familiar things;
But seeing them, to mind again
The lost and absent brings.
The friends I left that parting day,
How changed, as time has sped!
Young childhood grown, strong manhood gray,
And half of all are dead.
I hear the loved survivors tell
How nought from death could save,
Till every sound appears a knell,
And every spot a grave.
I range the fields with pensive tread,
And pace the hollow rooms,
And feel (companion of the dead)
I’m living in the tombs.
We hope you all have a great weekend. Be safe and be there for one another.
All our best,
—Jen, Nick, Maria, Veronica and Joe,
Resolve for Justice Foundation
