Paper retracts dismissal of Gettysburg Address-150 years later.The Pennsylvania Newspaper Patriot News has retracted an editorial published in their paper on 24 November 1863 dismissing the Gettysburg Address as "silly remarks" deserving a "veil of oblivion."  The text of their retraction is below."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. "Now that is what I call coming to a realization a little late.