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The first authenticated image

Resistance — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:30:52 +0000

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The first authenticated image of Abraham Lincoln was this Daguerreotype of him as U.S. Congressman-elect in 1846, attributed to Nicholas H. Shepard of Springfield, Illinois

In Memorandum or in Memory?

NCD — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:16:18 +0000

In reply to Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago: A national tragedy in three acts

In Memorandum or in Memory?

This anniversary or these

Richard Day — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 23:50:04 +0000

In reply to Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago: A national tragedy in three acts

This anniversary or these anniversaries of a Holocaust that ended with 650,000 dead has led to so many great essays and books over the last four or five years.

There are so many ways to tell the story.

At any rate, I feel that this country began in 1861.

And this is an amazing story to be told.

I thought is was a good read

trkingmomoe — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:02:54 +0000

In reply to That's a very interesting

I thought is was a good read too. We read about his break downs but never the cause.

That's a very interesting

barefooted — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:26:49 +0000

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That's a very interesting article from The Blaze (link embedded in the quote). I couldn't care less about anything Kramer has to say, but thanks for the pipeline to a good read!

Huffpo today has a piece

trkingmomoe — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:57:23 +0000

In reply to Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago: A national tragedy in three acts

Huffpo today has a piece about Larry Kramer's new book. In this book Kramer points out all the possible gay notable men in our history. Anyone who has every listen to Kramer run his mouth on CNBC isn't surprised at this approach.

And not only did Abraham Lincoln have intimate affairs with men – a thesis that was seen as far-fetched a number of years ago, but which more historians now support – but, Kramer writes, Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth was queer, too, and Joshua Speed, thought to be Lincoln’s lover, was a “hustler” as well as “gift” from Booth.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/larry-kramer-the-american-people-_n_7056622.html

I guess things like this help sell books but I don't see Kramer as a great American historian. On the other hand young gay's, need historic figures to look up to.

A very well written report of

Resistance — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:36:28 +0000

In reply to Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago: A national tragedy in three acts

A very well written report of the events

Even to this day, it makes me sad to hear how this Great mans life ended.

I hope to see him again in the resurrection and I get a chance to know him.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/03/travel/gallery/lincoln-assassination-anniv...