Road-weary, slightly faded and in need of constant, meticulous upkeep, an Illinois treasure will make its final appearance this month before going on an indeterminate hiatus.
No, it’s not the Smashing Pumpkins, but one of five known copies of the Gettysburg Address in Abraham Lincoln’s handwriting, which begins a monthlong stand at the Chicago History Museum on Wednesday.
The “Everett Copy” of Lincoln’s landmark speech, named for original owner and Massachusetts politician Edward Everett, is owned by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. After a busy year of travel and display in honor of Lincoln’s 200th birthday, the two-page document will go back to its climate- and humidity-controlled vault following this Chicago appearance, hidden from public view.
The pages on display were a copy requested by Everett, best known as the keynote speaker at the Nov. 19, 1863, dedication of Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa. After Everett’s 13,000-word, two-hour speech, Lincoln stood to deliver his famous address in just over 2 minutes and 10 sentences.
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rmitchum@tribune.com
Making history: For more on the Lincoln treasures on display, see chicagotribune.com/lincolnshow
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