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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
TCS: Once Upon a Time, There was a Grand Old Party . . .
Good Morning! – from 1960, when the Republicans were still proudly claiming to be “The Party of Lincoln” ___________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Political History, Robert Green Ingersoll, TCS, The Great Agnostic, The Party of Lincoln, The Republican Southern Strategy, The Wall Street Speech – 1880, There Was a Grand Old Party
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TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims
Good Morning! _________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in American History, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Elias Boudinot, George Washington, Henry David Thoreau, Sarah Josepha Hale, TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims, U.S. Constitution
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ON THIS DAY: September 9, 2017
September 9th is Drive Your Studebaker Day “I Love Food” Day Teddy Bear Day Wiener Schnitzel Day Wonderful Weirdos Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Abraham Lincoln, Phyllis Whitney and Otis Redding, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, James Agate, James Hilton, Mary Hunter Austin, Otis Redding, Phyllis Whitney, Queen Elizabeth II
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TCS: Theodore Parker, MLK, Baseball, Pulse, and the Arc of the Moral Universe
Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in American History, The Coffee Shop
Tagged "Tubby" Johnston, Abraham Lincoln, Dr Joseph Warren, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Little League baseball, Maria Pepe, Pulse shootings in Orlando, Theodore Parker
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ON THIS DAY: May 22, 2017
May 22nd is Accounting Day * National Maritime Day * Sherlock Holmes Day * US Colored Troops Day * Vanilla Pudding Day World Goth Day * International Day for Biological Diversity * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Ulysses S. Grant, Mary Casatt and Arthur … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: March 10, 2017
March 10th is International Bagpipe Day * Harriet Tubman Day * Land Line Telephone Day Mario (Mar.10) Day Middle Name Pride Day Pack Your Lunch Day U.S. Salvation Army Day * U.S. Paper Money Day * Women & Girls HIV/AIDS … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Clare Booth Luce, Eric Clapton, Harriet Tubman, International Bagpipe Day, Neil Simon, Paul Newman
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ON THIS DAY: February 27, 2017
February 27th is International Polar Bear Day * Anosmia Awareness Day * Strawberry Day Museums Advocacy Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Ellen Terry, Marian Anderson and Frances Perkins, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ellen Terry, John Steinbeck, Lawrence Durrell, Lord Byron, Marian Anderson
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