"Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it." - Abraham Lincoln

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Donner Party PTSD?📜 “He Took Them Forward Because He Couldn’t Go Back.”
Black Hawk War never left him. So he kept going.
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"A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general." - Abraham Lincoln

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"My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth." - Abraham Lincoln

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Statue of Black Hawk at Black Hawk State Historic Site

Black Hawk’s surrender did not end Native resistance in the United States, but it marked the beginning of a new phase of displacement and loss for tribes in the Midwest.

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"I can make more generals, but horses cost money." - Abraham Lincoln

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