My understanding is that Lincoln stood straight up and somebody, not realizing who it was, yelled, "Duck, you damn fool" or something along those lines.
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Trump would have been cowering, yelling "get me out of here" while citing his five deferments. Then he'd wave the flag when he safely returned to the White House.
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“Get down you damn fool” Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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No proof Oliver said this
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Could have been Elizabeth Thomas, local resident, but that is false as well
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Lincoln remains the only POTUS to ever come under fire during wartime. Madison had been present, behind the front line, at the battlefield of Baldensburg, when the British burned D.C. in August 1814, but he did not come under fire.
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A real President, about as different from the current occupant as it could be.
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Whew! A '64 Lincoln, they don't make them like that anymore.
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Love this!
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George Washington did similar many times. It was a miracle he was not killed in battles
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Today I’m wishing we had a different President in the White House. Someone we could trust to do what’s right, is intelligent & respectable !
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Only way to make that a reality is to vote
in 2020...
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Indeed, and he had a tall profile and he had his telltale stovepipe hat on. More courage in Presidents back then.
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Lincoln. Perhaps the greatest Republican? The antithesis of the current Republican POTUS (
@realDonaldTrump), certainly. The real Republicans need to fight to take THEIR party back from these raiders.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Meanwhile, Lieutenant Bonespurs fought the Battle of VD
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How many times did Lincoln lose before winning an election?
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Lost state house election 1832..won in 1834..lost race for Congress in 1843..won in 1846...lost bid for reelection in 1848..defeated in bid for US Senate in 1854..loses again in US Senate to Douglass..elected President 1860
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