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Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps are seen through the colors of an African flag as they wait to march in the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 parade in Washington, D.C., Monday, April 16, 2012., celebrating the150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act. 150 ears ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Anacostia High School band practice in the shade as they wait to march in the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 parade in Washington, D.C., Monday, April 16, 2012., celebrating the150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act. 150 ears ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Robert Wright portrays a member of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as he and others waits to march in the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 parade in Washington, D.C., Monday, April 16, 2012., celebrating the150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act. 150 ears ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Shadows of the McKinley Tech Marching Band move across the hot pavement during the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 parade in Washington, D.C., Monday, April 16, 2012., celebrating the150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act. 150 ears ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Crew members keep watch over the Arabian Sea from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as the ship transits the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Abraham Lincoln's portrait artist, George P.A. Healy, used photograph technology that was new at the time. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)

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A man walks past a mural featuring former U.S. Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Indian Ocean on Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

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Dennis Wideman as Abraham Lincoln photoshop No. 5 by @golbeck.

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Dennis Wideman as Abraham Lincoln photoshop No. 4 by @gottabgbabe.

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Dennis Wideman as Abraham Lincoln photoshop No. 2 by @thatwilcoxguy.

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From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican; Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Republican; former astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat; and astronauts John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin stand under a statue of Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 16, 2011, during the invocation of a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol building in Washington. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln takes part in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in San Antonio on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows a printed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln that was owned by the late Robert F. Kennedy. It will be auctioned in New York City in December and is estimated to bring up to $1.5 million.(AP Photo/Sotheby's)

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United States' fans cheer holding pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln during the World Cup group C soccer match between Slovenia and the United States at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)