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on this day in 1809

Posted on 02/12/2019 4:02:59 AM PST by Bull Snipe

Nancy Hanks

If Nancy Hanks Came back as a ghost, Seeking news Of what she loved most, She'd ask first "Where's my son? What's happened to Abe? What's he done?"

"Poor little Abe, Left all alone. Except for Tom, Who's a rolling stone; He was only nine, The year I died. I remember still How hard he cried."

"Scraping along In a little shack, With hardly a shirt To cover his back, And a prairie wind To blow him down, Or pinching times If he went to town."

"You wouldn't know About my son? Did he grow tall? Did he have fun? Did he learn to read? Did he get to town? Do you know his name? Did he get on?"

- Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet


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1 posted on 02/12/2019 4:02:59 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe

Crack is a hell of a drug.


2 posted on 02/12/2019 4:07:23 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

LOL.

Maw & son think alike.


3 posted on 02/12/2019 4:30:50 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Bull Snipe

I remember that poem from my childhood.


4 posted on 02/12/2019 4:31:02 AM PST by Maceman (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: Bull Snipe

Nancy Hanks Lincoln.


5 posted on 02/12/2019 4:56:10 AM PST by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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To: Bull Snipe

My father was born on this day in 1890. so was one of the presidents, I think... My dad was a powerful influence in my life. All I ever saw him do was WORK HARD. Happy birthday, daddy.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 6:37:31 AM PST by redhead (PRAYfor little ones in pedo pipeline:child livestock: raped, tortured, and satanically sacrificed.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Now that you’re in the south, you can avail yourself of
the exotic recipes provided at the zoo. Who cares where
that critter is endangered, is he better fried or grilled?


7 posted on 02/12/2019 10:59:40 AM PST by humblegunner
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I tend to pick up food in the road these days - opossum and squirrel if I'm doing a dinner party. Otherwise, I wing a dog off his leash.
8 posted on 02/12/2019 11:06:53 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

You’re gonna fit in just fine.


9 posted on 02/12/2019 11:31:18 AM PST by humblegunner
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