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158 years ago today...
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:34 pm
President Abraham Lincoln arrives in Gettysburg, PA to deliver his now immortal speech - the Gettysburg Address.
The top painting is an artist's rendition of the scene that would have confronted Lincoln on November 18, 1863 while the bottom photograph is what the area looks like in the present day:
The top painting is an artist's rendition of the scene that would have confronted Lincoln on November 18, 1863 while the bottom photograph is what the area looks like in the present day:
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Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:37 pm to RollTide1987
Biggest POS expander of Federal government power
But, I like your history lessons
But, I like your history lessons
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:39 pm to RollTide1987
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158 years ago today
7 scores and 18 years ago.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:45 pm to RollTide1987
Photo of Lincoln giving the speech. Zoom on the red arrow. It wasn’t discovered until 2007
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:45 pm to RollTide1987
Cool before and after!
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:49 pm to RollTide1987
Did the artist purposely portray him 2 feet taller than anyone else around him? I mean damn, I understand he was tell, but that's a bit embellished.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 4:52 pm to Tiger in Gatorland
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Did the artist purposely portray him 2 feet taller than anyone else around him?
I'm sure that's what he did. The average height of an American male in 1860 was 5'7" - the third tallest average in the world at that time. Abraham Lincoln was 6'4".
ETA:
Here's a photo from October 1862 with Lincoln, Major General George B. McClellan, and McClellan's headquarters staff.
This post was edited on 11/18/21 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:02 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
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Biggest POS expander of Federal government power
People are downvoting you but based on this board’s reaction to recent federal policy they would’ve hated Lincoln and FDR and the New Deal for that matter.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:13 pm to RollTide1987
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Abraham Lincoln was 6'4".
And then wore an 12” top hat to boot
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:15 pm to cypresstiger
We need to get back to wearing top hats
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:20 pm to PentagonTiger
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People are downvoting you but based on this board’s reaction to recent federal policy they would’ve hated Lincoln and FDR and the New Deal for that matter.
Lincoln overstepped his bounds but was nothing like Teddy and Woodrow (and later FDR) when it came to expanding the executive's power.
(eta: this isn't to defend Lincoln, just saying that what came later was on a much greater scale)
This post was edited on 11/18/21 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:22 pm to PentagonTiger
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they would’ve hated FDR and the New Deal for that matter.
FDR is the worst president in history.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:29 pm to PentagonTiger
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Biggest POS expander of Federal government power
People are downvoting you but based on this board’s reaction to recent federal policy they would’ve hated Lincoln and FDR and the New Deal for that matter.
Ya'll are both right, and people today cling to those socialist government programs that came out of the new deal.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:34 pm to armsdealer
Man, imagine how loud he had to speak and i bet you still couldnt hear past 20 feet.
I've been to Gettysburg twice and cant recommend it enough.
One of the coolest things ive ever done was a midnight ghost tour on the battlefield.
I've been to Gettysburg twice and cant recommend it enough.
One of the coolest things ive ever done was a midnight ghost tour on the battlefield.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 6:22 pm to BuckyCheese
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FDR is the worst president in history.
Biden is giving him a run for his money currently.
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