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(85,995 posts) Wed May 16, 2012, 10:14 AM May 2012

Contemplating History

. . . wonderful juxtaposition of George Healy's 1869 portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken by the artist from his work, 'The Peacemakers,' completed in 1868 -- for which Lincoln actually posed for sketches in 1864 -- and our nation's first African-American First Lady.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country and the Major League Soccer champions LA Galaxy, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in the State Dining Room, of the White House in Washington. (AP)