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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Abraham LIncoln

The Sign of Democracy

July 22, 2023
Tags: kentucky, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, national parks, house

A Lincoln Temple

July 22, 2023
Tags: Abraham LIncoln, temple, kentucky, preservation, history, democracy, public space

The Lincoln Trail

July 22, 2023
Tags: kentucky, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, tourism, evangelicalism, map
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Faith that Right Makes Might

July 02, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, statue, Abraham LIncoln, university, politics
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Lincoln Looking Out

June 30, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, statue, race, protest, social justice, story, university
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Lincoln's View

April 22, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, Abraham LIncoln, statue, american culture, politics, map
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Digging for Center

April 09, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, church, history, Abraham LIncoln, construction, street scene, city, identity
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Young Americans

March 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, history, preservation, sign, american culture, Abraham LIncoln, parking lot, government, sacred space
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Let Salone Be

March 26, 2020
Tags: sign, museum, Sierra Leone, government, Abraham LIncoln, nation

Traces of Lincoln in Illinois

November 05, 2016
Tags: Illinois, Abraham LIncoln, story, tourism