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591 Harold Holzer

If this historian could go back in time and attend any of Lincoln’s speeches, he’d pick the Cooper Union address rather than the one you’d think: “Why go to Gettysburg and stand around for hours for a two-and-a-half minute speech?” Plus Lincoln’s choice of weapons when challenged to a duel. Presented with Roosevelt House.

Person: Lincoln, as writer
Place: Cooper Union
Thing: an 1860 campaign poster
Randy’s Person: Thomas Hart Benton
Music: Hubby Hart Jenkins

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