Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.
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I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.
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I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old.
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The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War - when I really think about them, they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.
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Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.
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One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.
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