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Lincoln Bedell Monument
Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he should have whiskers. On Lincoln’s way to Washington following his election to the presidency,he went to visit Grace to show he let his whiskers grow for her and then he kissed her. Grace Bedell moved 3.5 miles north of Delphos after she was married at age 19.
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