Lincoln and Kennedy

Until reading Stephanie McCoy's blog the other day, I don't believe I ever thought about Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the assassination of President Kennedy happening, while in different centuries, during the same week in November.

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Over the years, there have been many coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy published, some of them urban legend and some real.

Given this weeks commemoration of two events that changed this nation, here is a look at the aforementioned coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy.

If you haven't seen it, here's Stephanie McCoy's article about Lincoln and The Gettysburg Address.