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Seven Score and Ten Years Ago

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Mark Stern

150 years ago today Abraham Lincoln attended the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, the final resting place for the more than 3,500 Union soldiers who had died during the ferocious three-day battle. He was not the … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln, 202 years, 8 days

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Mark Stern

On the day before our compound national holiday celebrating the birthdays of two of our greatest presidents, in our strange time when what passes for political discourse can include hysterical (and amnesiac) ranting about secession, I’m thinking about the battle … Continue reading →

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