If you’re looking for a way to mark the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, you might want to check out this article from the York Daily Record, in which historians draw a connection the emancipator and soon-to-be President Obama. York is a county over from Gettysburg and has just about the best religion reporter in the state (she’s also my wife).

Money quote: “Historian Ronald C. White Jr. said he’s often asked how Lincoln-a 19th-century thinker whose most famous public statements are chock-full of biblical language and theology-can speak to the broad, religiously diverse nation of the 21st century.

Lincoln speaks to us because he used broad, inclusive and humble language, White argues.

“Because of that, he can still be a mentor,” White said. “I think that’s why Obama has found Lincoln so helpful to himself.”