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Birthday Party for an American Icon

President Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday was celebrated across the capital today.

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Lauding Lincoln and a Legacy
Article | After the ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial was over, and the bugler played taps, and the artillery smoke drifted through bare trees, the youngsters from Strong John Thomson Elementary School recited the Gettysburg Address a second time.
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