The Perfect Tribute

The Perfect Tribute

1935 · 20 min · ★ 7.0 · History, War

The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.

Directed by Edward Sloman · Written by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

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