THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON THE MEANING OF THE CIVIL WAR At Gettysburg on Decoration Day, 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt rose to speak to a crowd of 10,000 gathered at the Soldiers' National Cemetery. Though rain began to fall, it did not dampen the spirits of those gathered to pay their respects to the veterans of the Civil War. Roosevelt's stirring words warmed the hearts of many who were there, and those who lost loved ones more than two score years earlier. Here's a relevant passage from his s