Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles (I of II) for 11/19/2013

Abraham Lincoln and son, Tad (2/9/1864)
Photograph by Anthony Berger of the Brady Studio
National Archives no. B-5737
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-11897 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)]
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html

Four score and seven years ago…”

Who says history is dead and boring? History came alive this past week, when a Pennsylvania newspaper retracted an editorial—from 150 years ago.

The editorial took on a short speech—and its obvious politics—by President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln only spoke for two minutes. He wasn’t the main speaker. There’s great debate to this day about his exact words—there are at least five different versions of his speech. And he was in all likelihood quite sick! But Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on this day 150 years ago, Nov. 19, 1863, is regarded as one of the greatest speeches in American history.

“Nicolay Copy” of the Gettysburg Address, 1863Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Digital ID# al0186p1
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/GettysburgAddress/exhibitionitems/ExhibitObjects/NicolayCopy.aspx

Lincoln was a late addition to the speakers dedicating the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nearly five months after the Union defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln referenced the Declaration of Independence (“Four score and seven” plus 1776=1863), listed the principles of human equality and argued the Civil War would bring a new birth of freedom and true equality to all American citizens. In barely two minutes.

Solve the Word Sudoku puzzles to reveal a few quotes from Lincoln’s famous speech.

BLAMED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

QUENCH
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

WINTRY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

PIVOTS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to unveil the quote

We are met on a great battle-field of that war."

Lincoln’s two minutes followed a two-hour marathon oration by Edward Everett. And, historians argue, it is pretty likely that Lincoln was suffering from the initial stages of a mild case of smallpox! His speech began by acknowledging the political futility of consecrating a battle’s burial ground: He noted that the soldiers who fought there provided the ultimate consecration.

FABLED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

WRETCH
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

VOWING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

THYMUS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to unveil the quote

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain...”

And then Lincoln uttered the words that still ring loud 150 years later, proclaiming his belief of the true importance of fighting the Civil War.

BATHED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

PLUMES
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

FROTHY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

VOWING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to unveil the quote

That’s the history. But we’re not done yet! The next blog post updates the story of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address with a twist—150 years later.

Thanks,
--Dave