Self Evident Truths to a New Birth of Freedom

The fighting at Stones River was driven by President Abraham Lincoln's need for military success to support the Emancipation Proclamation. That document, bolstered by the bloody U.S. victory in Murfreesboro signaled a change that shaped our Civil War into a conflict buildingon the promises made through the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Join a ranger and explore the connections between the ideals expressed at our nation's founding 250 years ago and the expansion of liberty and civil rights made possible by the struggle that gripped our country more than 80 years later. (30-45 minutes)