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New hope for Marfan syndrome

francesca too — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:07:32 -0800

New hope for a deadly disease. Marfan syndrome strikes 1 in 5000. Did Lincoln have this disease? Previously discussed here.

America the Godly

digaman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:32:10 -0800

One nation under God. The "bold conservative" GOP Congressman Paul Broun from Georgia is intent upon removing a vexing comma from that phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance, which was amended in 1954 when President Eisenhower was moved by a sermon by one Reverend George M. Docherty on the need to defend America from the "militantly atheistic communism that has already enslaved 800 million of the peoples of the earth, and now menaces the rest of the free world."

Rediscovered photos from Lincoln's second inauguration

wowbobwow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:39:18 -0800

"New" photos emerge of Lincoln's second inauguration The Library of Congress has discovered new photographs taken in 1865 at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration. For years they were filed under President Grant's archive, mislabeled into obscurity. Incidentally, this week will be the grand opening of Lincoln's summer "cottage" in northwest DC.

The Lincoln Douglas monuments

nax — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:40:36 -0800

During the 1858 senatorial campaign, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas faced each other in a series of seven official political debates. The first debate took place in this north-central Illinois town on August 21. Lincoln-Douglas debate monuments are a cottage industry, providing work for sculptors famous (scroll down) and unsung. Some of them are harder to find than others, buried between the little league field and the local VFW hall. Others are tourist attractions aimed to bring life to Illinois historic towns.

the cupboard, the cupboard.

hama7 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:47:34 -0800

The Cupboard.

Is this a portrait of young Abraham Lincoln?

edverb — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:38:14 -0800

Is this a portrait of young Abraham Lincoln?

Whatever Floats Your Boat

kirkaracha — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:42:10 -0800

Buoying Vessels Over Shoals. In 1849, Abraham Lincoln was awarded Patent No. 6469 (drawing and large TIFF files of pages 1, 2, and 3 of the actual patent) for a device for raising stuck riverboats off sand bars. The model he submitted with the patent application is at the National Museum of American History; who made the model is a bit of a mystery. Lincoln is the only United States President to hold a patent. (Other Lincoln-related patents, including the patent for Lincoln Logs.)
[via History Now's timeline of 19th-century inventions.]

Disenthralling America

digaman — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:25:58 -0800

Keith Olbermann's Edward R. Murrow^* moment: A Textbook Definition of Cowardice. MSNBC's host excoriates Bush, FOX News host Chris Wallace, and the media for its response to former president Clinton's "tantrum" [still being discussed here]. Note: Don't just read the transcript. Watch the video, because Olbermann's use of visuals adds greatly to the power of his presentation. No matter which side of the red/blue-state divide you're on, students of politics and media will be reviewing this clip for years to come as a little cultural watershed -- if only a consummate example of "Democrat" anger^TM.

More Electable the Hillary

sourbrew — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:45:05 -0800

Barrack Obama is being urged by former political opponent Dan Hynes to run for president in '08 in a most eloquent open letter.

I challenge you to a duel

caddis — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:16:47 -0800

Abraham Lincoln, duelist? Hamilton and Burr were not the only prominent duelists in US history. In the early morning hours of September 22, 1842, a young Abraham Lincoln crossed the Mississippi River at Alton, IL on his way to a small island where he would engage in mortal combat with a political adversary. Lincoln had used his sarcastic wit to write anonymous letters to the editor lampooning a political rival, James Shields. Some of his friends joined in and perhaps went a little too far, including suggestions of Shields' inadequacies with the ladies. One of these friends included Lincoln's future wife, Mary Todd. Shields demanded a duel and Lincoln defined the parameters of the duel - broadswords in a pit.