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Tag Archives: Lincoln Memorial
From Civil War to Civil Rights, and Some Thoughts on Sleeping In
My university used to hold classes on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day—a policy I wholeheartedly supported. I used the opportunity to spend time in my writing classes looking at the masterful craftsmanship of King’s rhetoric. People tend to remember him … Continue reading
The Land of Lincoln and the Defense of the Icon
The Lincoln Memorial looked like frost tonight. The flurry that had blanketed the lawn white earlier in the day had been glazed with rain and then turned to ice, so the whole landscape shimmered under the Memorial’s lights.
The Crux of It
I saw this inscription today at the Lincoln Memorial, on one of the displays in the exhibit space beneath the memorial. I think it pretty much gets to the crux of the matter:
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments, Politics, Slavery
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson, Land of Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial
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