As Michael's final 3rd grade project he did a report on Abraham Lincoln -- in costume. Jen was able to attend and snapped this photo. I could not go, but I did help Michael write his paper. We emphasized that Lincoln was the first Republican president, freed the slaves in the confederacy and saved the Union. The things that resonated with Michael was that Lincoln saw his mother die of milk sickness, loved to read and witnessed slaves being sold in New Orleans as a young man; I learned that Lincoln, like Christ, died on good Friday. Michael summed up Lincoln's greatest accomplishment being that he ensured that the nation "of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." RAP (6.6.2007)
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Here are the postcards that were sent to Michael and Alex's grandparents and greatgrandparents via Cardstore.com. I think of them as a mixture of public relations and propaganda. Read enough of their lives, and you can consider yourself a virtual grandparent/aunt/uncle. There are worse things.
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- Robert A Patton
- Dublin, OH, United States
- Robert A Patton is the father of two wonderful boys, Michael and Alex. In many ways they represent all that is good in their father and his love for them is without bounds.
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