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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhoto: Lincoln at Gettysburg
History being made. He's just left of center (heh..).
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Photo: Lincoln at Gettysburg (Original Post)
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May 2013
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,516 posts)1. Well, I can't spot him. It's still an historic picture.
Aristus
(66,275 posts)2. He's about 75 degrees down and to the right of the flag at top left.
He just sat down after delivering the address.
The speech was so short that the photographer missed his chance to get an image of the President delivering it. He had thought he would have more time to set up the camera, focus, and take the pic.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,516 posts)6. Thanks!
Ptah
(33,019 posts)3. Here's a closer view:
Recursion
(56,582 posts)5. Thank you, Ptah
As every Egyptian ever has said...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,516 posts)7. Thank you, my dear Ptah...
Much better.
It still doesn't look the way I imagined he'd look.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)4. Are all those guns?
that's what started teh damn gun culture
Aristus
(66,275 posts)8. Single-shot, cap-and-ball muskets?
That's a gun culture I can live with; that a lot of people could live with, come to think of it...