Friday 11 November 2016

A Reminder From History


The more things change, the more they remain the same. In November 1860 a new President was elected in the USA. Below is an article from the Hampshire Gazette, the English one, on the subject.

The unexpected victory of Abraham Lincoln was expected to bring about change, but the nature of this bitterly divided the nation and set the Democratic Party in many states on the road to Civil War.



2 comments:

  1. History? Hasn't that been banned?

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    1. Chisel what you want onto a granite slab. A petulant child has become POTUS.

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