Abraham Lincoln

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• 3/24/19
  

  Political Leadership and the Need for a New American Story

  by Walter G. Moss

  Both Lincoln and FDR understood that to reach people, to motivate them, to win them over, a president had to appeal to their emotions, and storytelling was one way of doing so.

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• 3/24/19
  

  A House Once More Divided

  by Georgiann Baldino

  Lincoln understood that involved citizens preserve the union, and he taught a vital lesson that only when human rights are respected is democracy worth preserving.

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• SOURCE: Seattle Times
  3/8/19
  

  The Constitution must be our ‘political religion’: Remembering Lincoln’s words

  by Eli Merritt

  President Lincoln's words remind us that to survive as a democracy we must transcend our racial, religious, regional and party affiliations, and embrace the Constitution and the rule of law.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  3/10/19
  

  Trump campaign adviser dismisses White House diversity question, asks about black people in Lincoln admin

  "Is Abraham Lincoln a racist because he didn't have a black person in his West Wing?," asked Trump 2020 campaign adviser Katrina Pierson.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  3/4/19
  

  ‘Hot Lincoln’ Stands in Long Line of Attractive Presidential Sculptures

  Before hot Lincoln, there was ripped Washington, nude Napoleon and muscular ancient Greek sculptures  

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• 2/16/19
  

  America Needs a Moral Leader in 2020

  by Donald J. Fraser

  And we can look to Abraham Lincoln as an example. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  1/7/19
  

  In Land of Lincoln, Long-Buried Traces of a Race Riot Come to the Surface

  by Megan Gannon

  Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of five houses that lay witness to the tragedy that set Springfield, Illinois, on fire in 1908.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/8/19
  

  Lincoln's Legacy and the Government Shutdown: The Suicide of a Great Democracy

  by George Packer

  A shutdown looks like the beginning of the end that Lincoln always knew was possible.

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• 11-18-18
  

  This Is Telling: It’s Impossible to Imagine Donald Trump Giving the Gettysburg Address

  by Louis P. Masur

  It was 155 years ago that Lincoln delivered his paean to democracy and liberty.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11-12-18
  

  America’s Struggle for Moral Coherence

  by Andrew Delbanco

  The problem of how to reconcile irreconcilable values is what led to the Civil War. It hasn’t gone away.

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• 11/4/18
  

  The GOP Needs to Stop Calling Itself the Party of Lincoln

  by Roy E. Finkenbine

  Lincoln would have nothing to do with a party of immigrant-haters.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-23-18
  

  F.B.I. and Expert Reports Cast Doubt That Celebrated Stovepipe Hat Was Lincoln’s

  Over the last five years, the nonprofit, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, has commissioned studies by the F.B.I. and independent historians to determine whether the hat genuinely belonged to Lincoln.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-17-18
  

  Harold Holzer is selling his collection of Lincolnania

  It includes more than 700 paintings and other material related to the 16th president.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  

  A House Still Divided

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  In 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that America could not remain “half slave and half free.” Today, the country remains divided by racism—and the threat is as existential as it was before the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  9-6-18
  

  Trump: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was ridiculed by the 'fake news'

  "You know when Abraham Lincoln made that Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, you know he was ridiculed?" Trump said during a rally in Billings, Montana.

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• 9/23/18
  

  Abraham Lincoln Warned Us About Donald Trump

  by John C. Waugh

  One day, Lincoln said, a man may arise among us whose ambition threatens the Republic.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-19-18
  

  Lincoln’s stovepipe hat and letters could be sold to ease nonprofit’s debt

  An Illinois nonprofit bearing Abraham Lincoln's name is so deep in debt that it is considering selling some of the 16th president's possessions.

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• 9/18/18
  

  Midterms (Lincoln’s Included) Have Always Been a Tough Presidential Test

  by Justin Martin

  The outcome of his in 1862 determined the fate of the Union in the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  7-12-18
  

  Trump says recent poll shows he's more popular than Lincoln

  It is unclear what poll the president was referring to in the interview, as presidential approval polling did not exist during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

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• 7/8/18
  

  The Last Best Hope of Earth Society

  by Greg Bailey

  Wondering how you can help revive America’s fortunes. Here’s one concrete suggestion.