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Actor Gerald Bestrom, dressed as President Abraham Lincoln, stands on stage before Elizabeth Santorum, eldest daughter of Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, campaigns for her father in a hanger at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in...

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With a statue of Abraham Lincoln at center right, protesters begin their march through downtown Cincinnati during the Occupy Cincinnati protest, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. The Occupy Wall Street movement started in New York City last month and is spreading to other parts of the country.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Robert Broski, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator, walks around during the California Republican Party Convention puts her fingerprint on her ballot as she votes in the straw poll on September 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The three-day California...

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Robert Broski, a Abraham Lincoln impersonator walks around the lobby of the California Republican Party Fall Convention in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011.

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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: A US Park Police Officer walks past a statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall September 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Washington, DC area is preparing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2011 terrorist...

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An August 20, 2011 photo shows the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial where civil rights activist Martin Luther King delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech on August 28, 1963. A memorial to King, the first on the National Mall to honour an African American, will be...

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A man dressed as former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (L) sings the national anthem at the Black Hawk County Republicans Dinner in Waterloo, Iowa, August 14, 2011.

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WATERLOO, IA - AUGUST 14: Abraham Lincoln presenter Lance Mack of Marion, Iowa, heads for the stage during the Blackhawk County Republican annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Electric Park Ballroom August 14, 2011 in Waterloo, Iowa. Fresh off of her win in the Iowa Straw Poll, Rep....

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AMES, IA - AUGUST 13: Stan DeHaan of Orange City, Iowa plays the part of President Abraham Lincoln at the AARP tent outside the Hilton Coliseum, where Iowans will vote in the Iowa Straw Poll at Iowa State University August 13, 2011 in Ames, Iowa. Nine GOP presidential candidates are...

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Indian Ocean in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated January 18, 2012. The carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to...

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (R) and USS Abraham Lincoln transit during a turnover of responsibility in the Arabian Sea in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated January 19, 2012. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without...

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With a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the background, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off a fair admissions ticket he purchased before he opened the Illinois State Fair Friday Aug 12, 2011 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois State Fair will run Aug. 12-21.

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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 08: (L-R) CEO Random House Markus Dohle, Focus Features President Andrew Karpen, CEO of Focus Features James Schamus and Random House President Peter Gethers attend the 'One Day' premiere at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater on August 8, 2011 in New York...

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Tourists enjoy the view from the Abraham Lincoln Memorial on August 08, 2011 in Washington DC.

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In this photo taken on Jan 18, 2012 and released by U.S. Navy, its aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Indian Ocean. Amid heightened tensions with Iran, USS Abraham Lincoln sailed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 without incident...

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In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, "Abraham Lincoln: The Man" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is displayed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its dramatic new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative...

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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 01: David Rubenstein, managing director of The Carlyle Group, speaks next to the rare handwritten copy of the Thirteenth Amendment he recently acquired, which abolished slavery, after it was unveiled at the New-York Historical Society on February 1, 2012 in New...

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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 01: African-American student Naya Rogers, 13, is interviewed next to a rare handwritten copy of the Thirteenth Amendment which abolished slavery after it was unveiled at the New York Historical Society on February 1, 2012 in New York City. The document, signed...

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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 01: People view a rare handwritten copy of the Thirteenth Amendment which abolished slavery after it was unveiled at the New York Historical Society on February 1, 2012 in New York City. The document, signed by Abraham Lincoln, was unveiled to coincide with...

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DENVER, CO - JULY 03: Representing the US Presidents sculpted on Mount Rushmore, George Washington (R) throws out the ceremonial first pitch as (L-R) Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln look on as the Kansas City Royals prepare to face the Colorado Rockies during Interleague...

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In this photo taken late Friday night, Dec. 16, 2011, Joshua Craine, a sculpture conservator with Daedalus, Inc. of Watertown, Mass. , works in the glare of brilliant lights that reveal years of built-up grime and grit on a marble statue of President Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda of...

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In this photo taken Dec. 16, 2011 and released by U.S. Navy, its aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits through the Pacific Ocean. Lincoln, underway on deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, is changing homeports from Everett, Wash. to Norfolk, Va....

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 30: Paper and real Christmas trees stand in front of a large statue of former President Abraham Lincoln in the East Garden Room during the first viewing of the 2011 White House Christmas decorations November 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. The theme, 'Shine Give,...

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 11: Reporters listen to Charles Brady, an Abraham Lincoln portrayer, and Kevin Knapp, a Thaddeus Lowe portrayer, talk during a balloon demonstration on the National Mall June 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Re-enactors, Smithsonian staff and volunteers demonstrated an...

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 11: Charles Brady, an Abraham Lincoln portrayer, and Kevin Knapp, a Thaddeus Lowe portrayer, pose with people in a balloon basket during a balloon demonstration on the National Mall June 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Re-enactors, Smithsonian staff and volunteers...