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Gettysburg & the State of the Union NPR's Linda Wertheimer travels to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where President Lincoln once made a speech during wartime. She visits the battlefield where one of the most terrible battles of the Civil War was fought, and one particular 20-acre site, The Wheatfield, where several thousand lives were lost in just a few hours. The scene and the statistics have a familiar ring, in light of the destruction and lives lost on September 11th. As we anticipate tonight's speech from President Bush -- another presidential address to the nation during a time of war -- Linda talks to a group of voters from Gettysburg -- members of the Rotary Club -- about what they hope President Bush will say.

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NPR's Linda Wertheimer travels to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where President Lincoln once made a speech during wartime. She visits the battlefield where one of the most terrible battles of the Civil War was fought, and one particular 20-acre site, The Wheatfield, where several thousand lives were lost in just a few hours. The scene and the statistics have a familiar ring, in light of the destruction and lives lost on September 11th. As we anticipate tonight's speech from President Bush — another presidential address to the nation during a time of war — Linda talks to a group of voters from Gettysburg — members of the Rotary Club — about what they hope President Bush will say.