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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012
This Week ELIZABETHTOWN
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shaun@denpubs.com MORRISONVILLE — It seemed more like early evening than morning under an overcast sky as bright orange and yellow leaves fell from the trees lining the winding dirt road and onto the heads of hungry zombies. They hid just off the lonely road, some crouching behind fallen rock walls, others breathing heavily, waiting as the oblivious runners approached.
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The Headless Horseman awaits the Monster Dash and Goblin Gallup at Medicine Horse Farm.
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Abraham Lincoln visits Plattsburgh
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By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Abraham Lincoln’s attitude toward African Americans differs, depending on the quote one reads or the scholar writing the paper. Still, America’s 16th president issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and by 1865 all black slaves nationwide were freed. The New York State Museum’s traveling exhibition of the only surviving draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in Lincoln’s handwriting was recently on display in the Burke Gallery, located in the Myers Fine Arts Building at Plattsburgh State. “Everyone is very excited that it made it to Plattsburgh,” said Charline Faller, who works at the Plattsburgh State Art Museum. “I think it is a great experience and opportunity for the campus and local community to be part of our Peter Ivarson and Dustin Nicholson view the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at Plattsburgh State.
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