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Creation Date
2-4-2005
Description
This is a rare photograph of a "Wide Awake" party organized by Lincoln's political lieutenants to support his candidacy for the presidency. The "Wide Awakes" led torch-light parades through the streets, playing music and carrying fence rails supposed to have been made by Lincoln, their "rail-splitting" candidate, during his boyhood.
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Photos and text © Brian Flanagan 2005
