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polite disagreement

150 years ago Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle was rolling and floating along. Unlike Cleveland and St. Louis, President Johnson didn’t care to make a stand against the hecklers who confronted him in Indianapolis on September 10th. As some … Continue reading

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Columbus, Obsequies

Two images from April 29, 1865 during funeral obsequies for Abraham Lincoln in Columbus Ohio, a stop on the funeral train’s long trek to Springfield: According to the Library of Congress the following photo “shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati … Continue reading

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