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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)
Recursion
May 2013
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CaliforniaPeggy
(156,298 posts)1. Well, I can't spot him. It's still an historic picture.
Aristus
(71,876 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
(156,298 posts)6. Thanks!
Ptah
(34,047 posts)3. Here's a closer view:

Recursion
(56,582 posts)5. Thank you, Ptah
As every Egyptian ever has said...
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,298 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
(71,876 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...
