580 Castle Rock Logo - Behind Joe (youtu.be) posted 3 years ago by patriotNL 3 years ago by patriotNL +592 / -12 165 comments share 165 comments share save hide report block hide replies
"On this January day..." he couldn't say the actual date for some reason?
He's drawing a parallel between when Abraham Lincoln wrote those words and when he's saying it now. Emancipation Proclolamation was given on January 1, and now he's saying them again on a January day.