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Obama family visits Lincoln Memorial (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 1/13/2009
Obama family visits Lincoln Memorial (AP)
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama made an impromptu visit Saturday night with his family to see the Lincoln Memorial, paying tribute to a former president he frequently invokes as an inspiration.
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
hbo.com - 1/18/2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
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The Scene at the Lincoln Memorial
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
The Scene at the Lincoln Memorial
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather at the Lincoln Memorial today for the "We... Are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration." Times reporters are at the event and will regularly update this post throughout the day. (more) The Scene at the Lincoln Memorial

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The Associated Press: Obama family visits Lincoln Memorial
— google.com — 5 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama made an unannounced visit Saturday night with his family... to see the Lincoln Memorial, paying tribute to a former president he frequently invokes as an inspiration. It was a day in which Obama ... (more) The Associated Press: Obama family visits Lincoln Memorial

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Galley Slaves — ... frequently invokes as an inspiration. . . . After touring the memorial for about 20 minutes, including the lower part of the memorial that houses some exhibits, the Obamas walked out, facing the reflecting pool and Washington Monument. They waved to some onlookers standing around the memorial's lower steps. Obama frequently invokes the memory of Lincoln. He announced he was running for president in Springfield, Ill., at the steps of the Old Capitol, where Lincoln was a legislator." -Washington Post "President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office ...

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