Veronica Jones: "150 years later, newspaper retracts editorial panning Gettysburg Address"

It's normal for a newspaper to retract a statement a few days, weeks, or even years after it was written in order to correct false facts or statements, but 150 years later? A bit late isn't it? Still, I guess it's the thought that counts. It's a kind gesture, really, saying 'we were wrong' on something that was stated a long time ago. Most people/organizations are too prideful to admit such things. However, what exactly was said? What was so horrendously wrong with this statement that 150 years later a newspaper board had to retract it? 

In 1863, just after Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, A Pennsylvanian paper wrote up a report of the event and passed President Lincoln's speech off as just "silly remarks" and that "the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them, and that they shall be no more reposted or thought of." 150 years later the Harrisburg paper (Which at the time was the Patriot & Union newspaper) retracts that statement, saying that "In the editorial about President Abraham Lincoln's speech delivered Nov. 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, the Patriot & Union failed to recognize its momentous importance, timeless eloquence, and lasting significance. The Patriot-News regrets the error."

I have to say, as much as I appreciate the newspaper acknowledging that their thoughts on something 150 years ago were false, I feel as though there have been much worse statements made in history that have never been retracted. I am, however, very happy to see that they admitted their ancestor's mistake and have properly corrected it. Which just goes to show, what may seem like a valid opinion now may 150 years later look rude and ignorant.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/gettysburg-address-editorial-retraction/index.html?hpt=us_c2