http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/06/text-president-lincoln/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/06/text-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Stephanie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:28:08 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=5743#comment-1280 I love that you can play this anywhere and get crazy trivia about Lincoln. I told some friends about this yesterday and they are going to play it with their kids. Way Cool! I love that you can play this anywhere and get crazy trivia about Lincoln. I told some friends about this yesterday and they are going to play it with their kids. Way Cool!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/06/text-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Richard Jones Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:21:51 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=5743#comment-1271 Very Cool We played from our home in Tennessee Very Cool Very Cool
We played from our home in Tennessee
Very Cool

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/06/text-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Abe's Babe Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:54:10 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=5743#comment-1252 What's so cool is that during Lincoln's time, the telegraph was the "new media" for sending messages back and forth, and today texting is the "new media." It's interesting to read the "text" message Lowe sent to President Lincoln from his first trip, hovering above the capitol -- you can find the telegraphed text at NASM! What’s so cool is that during Lincoln’s time, the telegraph was the “new media” for sending messages back and forth, and today texting is the “new media.” It’s interesting to read the “text” message Lowe sent to President Lincoln from his first trip, hovering above the capitol — you can find the telegraphed text at NASM!

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