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Smithsonian American History Museum
12-09-2014, 09:14 AM
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Smithsonian American History Museum
The Smithsonian Museum of American History has an impressive website on Abraham Lincoln. “Abraham Lincoln; An Extraordinary Life” covers all aspects of his life with brief interesting text, photos and artwork.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/lincoln/in...35a822fadd
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12-10-2014, 03:41 PM
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The Smithsonian had a special exhibit with the same title for the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a very well done book. Both were done by Harry Rubenstein, the curator of the Smithsonian's political collection.
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12-16-2014, 03:32 PM
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There is a poignant quote on the first page of this online exhibit:
"It is very strange that I, a boy brought up in the woods, seeing as it were but little of the world, should be drifted into the very apex of this great event."
—Abraham Lincoln, on the Civil War, July 1864

I remember taking my grandson to Smithsonian and seeing the top hat. But the most memorable part of the exhibit, for him and me, was the life-size models of the assassins in their hoods.

Don H. Doyle, author of The Cause of All Nations: An International History of America's Civil War, Basic Books. https://www.facebook.com/causeofallnations
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12-16-2014, 05:00 PM
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Excellent site; but it does contain errors - i.e. Powell did not stab Seward in the chest -

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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12-17-2014, 04:18 PM
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Only BettyO-would know that historical fact about Powell!
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