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...House with Abraham Lincoln inside, maybe having a mint julep on the porch. In the chaotic months after the Civil War the Army Engineers, who literally ran the Capital city, declared the White House a relic and wanted to move it to the more secure hills of Washington's Rockcreek Park. Ulysses Grant, realizing that the White House now was imbued with Lincoln's great mystique, stopped that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Fears at the White House | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

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