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The Election of 1860
Threads from the National Tapestry ^ | 24/5/24 | Fred Kiger

Posted on 05/29/2024 3:08:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The year was 1860. The nation was coming apart and yet, its political parties made plans to come together - to gather in convention despite deep-seated and festering sectional issues, each to nominate a candidate and approve platforms that, as it turned out, united regions but not a nation. That meant dark consequences, ensuring this country would reap a cataclysmic whirlwind.

With today’s polarization as a historical backdrop, this is the story of the most divisive presidential election in the history of this nation - the election of 1860.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: History; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: 1860; civilwar; election; parallels; secession; slavery; southerndemocrats; warofsecession
Blow-by-blow from DNC Convention, with lots of background and obscure names. Yay!
1 posted on 05/29/2024 3:08:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

1860 most certainly is rhyming with 2024.


2 posted on 05/29/2024 3:10:32 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

How close the rhyme remains to be seen. The blue states might secede rather than accept Trump, which is similar to my first and thus far only novel’s theme, CW2 by 2013. Never happened, so far.


3 posted on 05/29/2024 3:21:07 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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