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Did You Miss Lincoln's 1863 Gettysburg Address? Watch Him Do it Again, In Marion

A Marion man who refers to himself as Abraham Lincoln gives the famous two-minute speech, the Gettysburg Address.

So here's the thing: that's not really Abraham Lincoln, but you didn't think it was, did you?

It's actually a Marion man by the name of Lance Mack, who does impersonations of the late great American president. He's seen here at the on March 8 giving his famous Gettysburg Address in its entirety, which actually only amounts to two minutes.

The event was to commemorate the anniversary of Iowa's entry in the American Civil War.

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