Tag: abraham-lincoln
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Writing Prompt:
What historical event fascinates you the most? There are too many for me to only mention or simply pick just one event. Although right now I am currently reading a book about the Civil War. More specifically about President Abraham Lincoln and the illustrious Frederick Douglass. I’m more than halfway through the book as of…
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A National Divorce?
Over the last few months I have been reading a book written by Brian Kilmeade. “The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to Save America’s Soul.” Just a couple of weeks ago I read the pages detailing John Brown and the unfortunate circumstances of the Federal Arsenal that would…
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Leisure Reading with Lincoln and Douglass
My ideas for articles today have had to be reset. What started as a day at home ended up being an afternoon at Terre Haute. My brain isn’t really working this evening, but earlier I got to spend some time actually reading. Reading for leisure, has not been much of a priority lately. So it…
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Proclamations
The Emancipation Proclamation, is the most well known, I believe, of proclamations. This was important for Lincoln to do so although many believed it did nothing to actually save the slaves of America. It was simply a parchment paper with words. Yet look at the staggering numbers that say otherwise. I have been to the…
Jewells of Thought 