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Why didn't Mary visit the Holy Land?
02-10-2013, 02:40 PM
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Why didn't Mary visit the Holy Land?
One of the trips Abraham Lincoln wanted to make after his presidency ended, as he told Mary, was one to the Holy Land. Yet in all her postwar travels, Mary never saw fit to go there. Why? To be honest, I don't know that there is any one answer to explain it, and my first thought was that given his mention of it, it would be too painful for her to make. However, he had also talked about visiting Europe, specifically Scotland, and she made those trips. I'm curious as to what might have kept her from doing so. Any thoughts?

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Why didn't Mary visit the Holy Land? - Rob Wick - 02-10-2013 02:40 PM
RE: Why didn't Mary visit the Holy Land? - Hess1865 - 02-14-2013, 10:36 AM

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