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Secret Message Found In Lincoln Pocket Watch
Museum curators have confirmed that a story about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch was true. A watchmaker pried open the watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the engraver, Jonathan Dillon, read aloud the message from a metal plate underneath the watch face. Part of the inscription says, "Jonathan Dillon April 13 - 1861, Fort Sumpter (sic) was attacked by the rebels on the above date." Another part reads, "Thank God we have a government." Much to the chagrin of Jon Turteltaub, and relief of countless movie goers, the inscription doesn't reveal the location of the script to National Treasure III.
The real one tells the horror of what Fraternitas Humanitas Cognitioque (FHC) plan is.