The Archivist: Counting blessings in an election month, win or lose

Mary Phillips: In digging through The Oklahoman’s archives, The Archivist found that people in years past also voted and then counted their blessings, in the same month.

 
BY MARY PHILLIPS | Published: November 12, 2012   

photo - President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune, published on election night Nov. 11, 1948 in St. Louis with the incorrect and now-famous headline “Dewey Defeats Truman.” AP PHOTO FROM THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES
President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune, published on election night Nov. 11, 1948 in St. Louis with the incorrect and now-famous headline “Dewey Defeats Truman.” AP PHOTO FROM THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES

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And no matter how partisans have fumed and stormed and predicted unspeakable disaster they will be found side by side in some loftily spired edifice thanking their creator for the blessings all...
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