Lincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants
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BANGKOK (AP) - Elephants are Thailand's national animal, so it's only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States as a gift of a friendship that has endured 200 years. President Abraham Lincoln, likely bemused and relieved aLincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants
BANGKOK (AP) - Elephants are Thailand's national animal, so it's only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States as a gift of a friendship that has endured 200 years. President Abraham Lincoln, likely bemused and relieved at the distraction from America's then-raging ... Read more