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Tag Archives: Lincoln Memorial
The Bust of Grant and the Indiscriminate Destruction of Monuments
For some people, Ulysses S. Grant’s monument in San Francisco toppled last Friday not with a clang but with a loud “I told you so.” “First, it’s Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, but just you wait,” those people have … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Revolutionary War, Ties to the War
Tagged Andrew Jackson, Christopher Columbus, civil rights, Francis Scott Key, Grant monument, Grant's Last Battle, Jefferson Davis statue, Jefferson statue, Lincoln Memorial, monuments, Philip Schuyler, Robert E. Lee statue, Robert Schmid, San Francisco, slavery, slippery slope, St. Junipero Serra, Teddy Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Washington statue, Williams Wickham statue
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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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