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JohnBarry;
You make a very good point. And for the most part I agree with you on this. It’s funny how society has changed. Today we are more plugged into death and destruction than ever before. But in many ways we are so removed from it as well. Today we say that we have crossed the lines when something like Clemente’s plane parts are up for sale.
You brought up Lincoln; during the 19th century it wasn’t uncommon to sell locks of hair of famous people Lincoln included. In fact many people wore hair of a loved one or famous person in a morning broach a type of jewelry, which they publicly displayed with pride.
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