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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: The Rushmores - mascots for the Washington Nationals MLB baseball team in the guise of former U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt - get in on the act as elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnem & Bailey...

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In this image released by the Website Funny or Die, Will Ferrell, dressed as President Abraham Lincoln, left, and Don Cheadle, dressed as Frederick Douglass are shown in a scene from a skit posted on FunnyorDie.com.

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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 12: A wreath is laid by U.S. National Park Service at the front steps of Ford�s Theatre to mark the 201st birthday of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln February 12, 2010 in Washington, DC. Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre April 14, 1865.

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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Park Service ranger Eric Martin prepares to lay a wreath at the front steps of Ford�s Theatre to mark the 201st birthday of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln February 12, 2010 in Washington, DC. Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre April 14, 1865.

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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Park Service ranger Eric Martin (L) and park guide Jesse Wilinski (R) stand next to a wreath after they laid it at the front steps of Ford�s Theatre to mark the 201st birthday of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln February 12, 2010 in Washington, DC. Lincoln...

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Abraham Lincoln, portrayed by Fritz Klein, tells children how important reading was to him growing up in Kentucky and Indiana and how it helped him as an adult as well, during a Lincoln 201 birthday celebration at the Old Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. , Friday, Feb. 12,...

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The statue of President Abraham Lincoln sits at the Lincoln Memorial as the snow falls in Washington Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.

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Bust of President Abraham Lincoln in President Barack Obama's Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 26: The George Washington and Abraham Lincoln mascots lead the Statue of Liberty float during the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on the Streets of Manhattan on November 26, 2009 in New York City. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada and the United...

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Jim Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln recites The Gettysburg Address during a program on the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa. , Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.

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FILE-President Abraham Lincoln is shown in an undated portrait. It's inevitable that a new book about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 would seek out analogies between that remarkable event and the election of Barack Obama in 2008. After all, both were little-known politicians...

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With a statue of Abraham Lincoln looming at left, former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke speaks in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.

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Joel Oertel salts the sidewalks near the statue of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln at Gateway Technical College in Racine, Wis. , early Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, after several inches of snow fell overnight.

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A newspaper caricature Abraham Lincoln on display at the exhibition, "Lincoln and New York," at the New-York Historical Society, New York, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. Abraham Lincoln came to New York City only five times in his life, yet the growing 19th century metropolis played a central...

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A commemorative wreath is placed outside Ford's Theatre in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, in honor of Abraham Lincoln's 201st birthday. The ceremony is conducted by National Park Service Rangers Eric Martin, left, and Jesse Wilinski. Lincoln was mortally wounded by an assassin on...

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After a week of record-breaking snowfall, snow is piled in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, on Abraham Lincoln's 201st birthday.

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Nathan Adams, a National Park Service Ranger originally from Georgia marks Abraham Lincoln's 201st birthday with a detailed talk about the martyred President Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 at the Lincoln Memorial with the Presidential Tribute Wreaths in the background. The regular annual...

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Abraham Lincoln presenter Fritz Klein walks past Illinois's Old State Capitol after officials from the U.S. Mint released a new Lincoln penny in Springfield, Ill. , Thursday, Aug 13, 2009.

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Celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, the U.S. Mint releases a new penny showing Abraham Lincoln speaking to the Illinois Legislature, at the Illinois Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. , Thursday, Aug 13, 2009.

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In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, a spindle-back, cane-seat chair Abraham Lincoln used in his Springfield law office is seen at the Macon County History Museum in Decatur, Ill. Eric and Carolynn DeVore donated the chair to the museum. It was was handed down from Lincoln to...

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In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, Eric DeVore tells the history of a spindle-back, cane-seat chair Abraham Lincoln used in his Springfield law office that he and his wife, Carolynn, donated to the Macon County History Museum in Decatur, Ill. Looking on is Lincoln impersonator...

U.S. President Barack Obama walks down the White House Cross Hall past the bust of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (L) as he departs his news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 22, 2009.

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The bible that Abraham Lincoln used in his first inauguration in 1861, and also used by President Barack Obama for his inauguration, is on display, as part of the new exhibit, "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition," at the California Museum in...

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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, center, shows off his American Flag covered tie to Jim Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, left, and David Klinepeter portraying Ward Hill Lamon, before a program on the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at Soldiers' National...

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This image provided by the Raab Collection shows a letter President Abraham Lincoln wrote to a boy whose friends didn't believe he had met the commander in chief. The letter is being sold in Philadelphia for $60,000.