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celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 9 May

In his earlier years before the presidency Abraham Lincoln co-owned a tavern. It was in New Salem, Illinois in the 1830s. He even obtained a bartenders license and helped to serve food and drinks to the local patrons. He later...

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The Best Survey I Never Did

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 24 Sep 24

Yesterday, going through the daily mail, there was an 8x11 white envelope from the Reproductive Health Experiences and Access Survey. Looking at the transparent square on the bottom left corner where the address shows through I...

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February 12, 2020 - What happened on that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 12 Feb 20

Lincoln's Birthday Hug Day 1963 - Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. 1999 - US President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the US Senate in his impeachment trial. 1926 - Charles Van Doren was born. He...

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Have you ever realized you were standing in an historic spot?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 15 Mar 19

I was walking to a meeting in downtown DC the other day and decided to stop and get a cup of coffee. I was walking with a co-worker and we were really early. It was nice outside so, we stopped and leaned against a building a...

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The Story In The Song Marvin Gaye Abraham Martin And John

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Sep 18

Originally recorded in 1968 by Dion, this wonderful deeply moving quite simple tribute to assassinated politicians and civil rights activists has been covered by several artists, but the exceptional stand out version is that of...

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Booth Had Other Plans

celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 19 Feb 18

Abraham Lincoln has always been one of my favorite presidents. He was a good man and did a lot for our country. I was watching a de the other night about his assassination and new information they had. It said that his...

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The Gettysburg Museum

Mark Slaney @Slaneymark2 (35) 8 Apr 17

Has anybody ever been to Gettysburg? If you do go, you should visit the wax museum. It has all kinds of civil war displays, including General Grant's meeting with General Mead, the signing of the Emancipation of Proclamation, and...

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The Faces

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 2 Jun 16

In 1927 there was a Memorial begun in Mount Rushmore which is a sheer peak going up 6,000 feet in the Black Hills of South Dakota. There were 4 faces carved into the rock. The four Presidents who were Geoge Washington, Abraham...

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Presidents' Day

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 15 Feb 16

This day honors Presidents of the United States and is a State and National Holiday. Some States call it Washington's birthday or Lincoln's birthday. Offices closed today are the post office, most banks, courts, stock market...

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Lincoln's Hand

Emerson @CrossingBorders (249) • Hidden Valley Lake, California 4 Jan 16

I've come across one of the oddest articles from the Smithsonian news. Apparently, there is a plaster of Abraham Lincoln's hand that is 150 years old which has gone missing. It has been stolen from a museum in Illinois. The...

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Amit @Mumbaikar (6) • Mumbai, India 23 Jun 14

There are weird similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. *. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 . John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860 . John F....

Worse movie I have ever seen!

ctryhnny @ctryhnny (3460) • United States 27 Apr 13

On demand had Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies for $2.99. Since I love any zombie movie I ordered it and watched it. I should have known that since it's basically a newish movie that it must be horrible to be on cable already and at a...

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Lincoln........not such a saint?

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 12 Jan 13

This morning I read the following letter in a British newspaper - The Telegraph - from a Professor of International History at a leading University. He has also written books on the subject. I know that Lincoln is revered in the...

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Oscar Nominations, any bet?

BrodCobalt @BrodCobalt (11) 10 Jan 13

Oscar awards 2013 is just around the corner. Who do you think will win the best actor and best Movies. Do you agree that "Lincoln" will sweep all the awards this year? Place your bets and lets talk about it!

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Heard of Lincoln Brewster?

00zero00 @00zero00 (30) 17 Dec 12

Lincoln Brewster is one of the best Christian singer/guitar player that I respect. Although fame is not important, I want to know who recognizes/heard his songs and What do you feel about it? As far as I know, he even turned...

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Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 9 Nov 11

I just finished this book and would suggest it to anyone who wants a clear idea of what happened. He sets the stage for the assassination with what is happening in the days preceding the event. You get a real feel for the emotions...

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The Lincoln Conspiracy

marie2052 @marie2052 (3691) • United States 17 Apr 11

I am considering going to the movies to see "The Lincoln Conspiracy" I love history and delve all the time in the past learning on my own. So I am just wondering if anyone has seen it and how they liked it I know the Critics...

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The problem with internet quotes

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 17 Jan 11

"The problem with internet quotes is you never know if they are authentic" ~Abraham Lincoln. ;~D ::: Feel free to comment, but please take note of the interest category and the ";~D" before you do....

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Oh good grief! Yet another disaster associated with me.

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 21 Jul 10

Well, not me, specifically, but my birthday. I'm watching a History Channel special about the dust bowl in the midwest US. On April 14th in 1935, a huge black dust storm hit and engulfed everything in it's path....

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Ingenuity of Campaigns

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 16 May 10

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_se/us_arkansas_senate_lincoln_2 EAST CAMDEN, Ark. – Days before Arkansas voters deliver a verdict on her political career, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln spent Saturday telling...

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