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I received an e-mail this past week from a friend who is a director at a Federal period, ritzy house museum asking why the wave of Lincoln- and assassination-related attention all of a sudden. I mentioned a little thing like the 2009 Bicentennial of Lincoln's birth and the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War maybe being contributing factors. Or, maybe Americans (especially media type) are finally learning to appreciate history and Lincoln is the best-known place to start. Dare we hope?