Walk in Lincoln's Final Footsteps: Fort Wadsworth

President Lincoln is the only sitting president to ever come under enemy fire during a time of war. While at Fort Wadsworth he stood atop earthworks and showed his son Tad the destruction of war and history in the making.

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