A Family in Mourning - President Lincoln's Cottage
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President Lincoln's Cottage
A Family in Mourning
Curator of President Lincoln's Cottage, Callie Hawkins, discusses the Lincoln Family's decision to move to the cottage and the role it played in their lives during the Civil War years.
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