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December 10, 2023

Reader photos: Lincoln and Jefferson in Ashland

Helen Shilkinreinhold submitted this photo of Thomas Jefferson (Barry Kraft), who read the Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln (Bob Jackson Miner), who read the Gettysburg Address, on the Fourth of July in Lithia Park.
July 24, 2022

Famous Americans read famous American documents

Helen Shilkinreinhold submitted this photo of Thomas Jefferson (Barry Kraft), who read the Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln (Bob Jackson Miner), who read the Gettysburg Address, on the Fourth of July in Lithia Park.

Email your photos taken in and around Ashland to betling@ashland.news. Be sure and include the names of people in the photo (if any, from left to right and front to back), where and when taken and by who, and what’s going on in the photo.

Bert Etling

Bert Etling

Bert Etling is the executive editor of Ashland.news. Email him at betling@ashland.news.

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