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10 Skiers Score Mountain Creek Lift Tickets After Perfectly Reciting Gettysburg Address 10 Skiers Score Mountain Creek Lift Tickets After Perfectly Reciting Gettysburg Address
10 Skiers Score Mountain Creek Lift Tickets After Perfectly Reciting Gettysburg Address Knowing the Gettysburg Address can help you ace history class and also hit the slopes for free in New Jersey. Ten people were able to recite the famous speech from memory on Monday, Feb. 12 and earn free lift tickets to Mountain Creek in Vernon, the ski resort confirmed. The annual event, which celebrates the 16th president's birthday (215 years young!) was held Joe C's Cafe in the Red Tail Lodge at the resort Lincolnheads were required to recite the 272-word two minute speech, delivered on Nov. 19, 1863 at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, without headphones, airpods or a…

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'Score' Free Lift Tickets Mountain Creek 'Score' Free Lift Tickets Mountain Creek
Mountain Creek Giving Away Free Lift Tickets If you want to hit the slopes for free, you're going to have to hit the books. In honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Monday, Feb. 12, Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, Sussex County is giving away free lift tickets. That is, if you can recite the Gettysburg Address from memory. "'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new mountain, conceived in snow, and dedicated to the proposition that all riders are created equal to shred this sweet snow and raise their stoke.' — Abraham Lincoln, probably." "In the spirit of Honest Abe, no cheating (this means n…

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by Cecilia Levine