President Lincoln almost never gave the Gettysburg Address. In those days, presidents seldom traveled outside Washington, D.C., and Lincoln was highly involved in the war through telegraph communications.
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As the wrecking ball continues making its way through the lugubrious and now-closed Maryland Penitentiary that squats for several blocks on East Forrest Street in Baltimore, it’s time to recall the adventures of “Tunnel Joe” Holmes, the only resident of the institution who ever successfully dug his way to temporary freedom, and was returned there after pulling off a stickup in Mount Vernon.