Facebook Cancels Abe Lincoln

A life size statue of President Abraham Lincoln in front of the entrance to his summer retreat where he lived during a quarter of his presidency and commuted to the White House on horse back, on the property of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 12, 2010. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images

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Facebook has a problem with America’s greatest president. Abraham Lincoln’s run-in with the tech giant began late last year, when Republic Book Publishers decided to buy social media ads for my new historical novel, “Old Abe.”