The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

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Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois village, ...

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Catch the National Cherry Blossom Festival parade and street festival, shop vintage at a ticketed market, or celebrate D.C. Emancipation Day with fireworks.

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