D<\/span>o you honestly think ANYONE knows this piece of “On This Day” History? I think not. In fact, I would venture to guess they will think the opposite until they get to the end of the second sentence. Mental drumroll please…<\/p>\n

1854<\/strong> – Some 50 opponents to slavery met at a schoolhouse in\u00a0Ripon, Wisconsin, to call for a new political group. The organization would later become known as the Republican Party.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whoa!?! Huh?<\/p>\n

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That’s what I thought. And, to be fair I didn’t realize that either, well at least I didn’t realize that event happened on this day 159 years ago.<\/p>\n

Lincoln was a Republican, if you’re keeping score. Funny how history gets re-written and distorted over time.<\/p>\n

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Funny how history gets re-written over over time. Do you honestly think ANYONE knows this piece of “On This Day” History? I think not. In fact, I would venture to guess they will think the opposite until they get to …<\/p>\n

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