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Your essay has me choked up. The way you tell the story is in such detail, and so moving, that I feel as if I am there. What a completely heartbreaking thing -- for the entire nation, as Chamberlain said -- that President Lincoln was murdered. I learned about his successor, about whom I knew very little. And your telling of the story of Lincoln's dream (I'd heard before that he'd dreamed his death, but never any of the details) was terrifying to read. I have lived in Charleston for over 40 years. Never once have I heard about the removal of the Confederate flag, and it's replacement by the U.S. flag -- let alone the fact that it occurred the day of Lincoln's assassination. The irony is astounding. Thank you for including me in your new substack. I am so impressed. I hope that more people will read what you write.

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