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Like President Lincoln

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Was this not well known? I learned this in junior high ("the United States went into the Civil War a plural and came out a singular"). It was an intentional process that was understood at the time.

That dude that stole the Declaration of Independence said this years ago

In the UK they still use the plural

I'm in the UK and would use the singular.