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Tag: Abraham Lincoln

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Mister Lincoln Affirms the Man Underneath the Legacy

by Stephanie Rudig October 3rd, 2024October 3rd, 2024

What could be more meta, or more Washingtonian, than seeing a play about Abraham Lincoln performed at the site where he was infamously shot? Mister Lincoln played at Ford’s Theatre in 1980 and was brought back this season specifically to coincide with the election year. Watching the play, it’s impossible not to think of the […]

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Glenn Foster speaks to protestors at the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. in June 2020.
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