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National Park Service marks Lincoln's election at start of Civil War's 150th anniversary

WASHINGTON — The National Park Service is marking the election of president Abraham Lincoln's election 150 years ago at the start of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

Groups in Kentucky and at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Ill., will recreate the election on the exact anniversary Saturday....
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