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Lincoln's Bixby Letter, The Inspiration for Saving Private Ryan - New England Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Bixby letter in 1864 to a widow who lost five sons fighting for their country--or so he thought. Scholars rank it up there with the Gettysburg Address.
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