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Susan Linehan's avatar

I watch an interview once with college students who couldn’t remember which century the Revolution was, and whether it came before or after the Civil war.

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Dennis M. Sienkiewicz's avatar

Well, he who shall not be named figures that Washington’s troops captured airfields from the British…

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samani's avatar

Susan & Dennis, sometimes I break an object as I did this morning, a ceramic dog’s drinking bowl. I once again thought, Is it garbage or recycling? Well with he who shall not be named there’s no doubt: Garbage. Wouldn’t we all be so lucky to have been in Gettysburg to hear Lincoln deliver that stunning speech. Today ought to be celebrated as a national holiday.

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TCinLA's avatar

Actually, there was a very early, very primitive recording device present for the speech. It has been found and is now in the national archives. They were going to do a digital recording to anyone could hear it.

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David Levine's avatar

and???

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