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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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