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Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies Web Archive

Collected by: The Board Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Archived since: Apr, 2021

Description:

The Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies collection contains captured webpages that lend insight to the ongoing tensions over statues in light of the fight for racial justice and the reconsideration of who and what is memorialized. This collection focuses on statues and memorials of Abraham Lincoln located in public spaces and institutions throughout the United States, including parks, intersections, and colleges and universities. Web content contains material both in support of and against the removal of Lincoln statues, memorials, and monuments, including news articles, social media posts, legislative documents, letters of support, and petitions. Also includes web content on Lincoln statue vandalism and activism. Several captures surround the Emancipation Memorial statue found in Boston, Massachusetts (removed December 2020), and Washington, D.C. Webpages were curated by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections in accordance with their mission of documenting Abraham Lincoln's life and legacy.

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Title: Letter of Support "Change the Name"

URL: http://longbeach.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10926927&GUID=7551682B-9587-4686-8219-F208E3C99B9C

Description: Equity and Human Relations Commission's letter in support of the Change the Name Coalition's demands to rename Lincoln Park.

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Title: Douglas statue comes down, but Lincoln had racist views, too

URL: https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-slavery-racial-injustice-illinois-a23f377eb924b54bb039fc734065b5ea/

Description: An article describing the removal of the Stephen A. Douglas statue from the Illinois Statehouse lawn, and Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery.

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Title: UW students petition to remove Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill

URL: https://badgerherald.com/news/2020/06/26/uw-students-petition-to-remove-abraham-lincoln-statue-on-bascom-hill/

Description: An article describing a petition created to remove and replace the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.

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Title: Abraham Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park vandalized

URL: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/10/10/23397771/abraham-lincoln-statue-lincoln-park-vandalized/

Description: An anonymous group poured paint on the 'Standing Lincoln' statue in Lincoln Park in order to memorialize Indigenous Peoples' Day and call attention to the public executions of 38 Dakota men in 1862. This statue was under review by the Chicago Monuments Project.

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Title: Chicago Monuments Project

URL: https://chicagomonuments.org/

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Title: Abraham Lincoln’s Bloody Statue & Legacy

URL: https://christopherjbeale.medium.com/abraham-lincolns-bloody-statue-legacy-b11b55b642f9/

Description: An article providing context for the red paint poured on the Lincoln statue outside of City Hall; describes the history behind the public execution of 38 Dakota men and Lincoln's involvement.

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Title: Norton Reintroduces Bills To Remove Emancipation, Pike, And Jackson Statues

URL: https://dcist.com/story/21/02/18/eleanor-holmes-norton-reintroduces-bill-to-remove-emancipation-memorial-from-lincoln-park/

Description: An article describing a series of four bills introduced by Eleanor Holmes Norton to remove statues across Washington, D.C.

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Title: An Opportunity for Change: Discussing Monuments in Boston (& Beyond)

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JklqUxYDbRz8sJXuAMRfyw7sgq4dhfpVuaOHfN9cIoE/edit

Description: A report produced for a Boston University PHd Summer Internship. The report aims to provide a summary of the debate on monuments in the United States and begin dialogue on how to address controversial objects in Boston's commemorative landscape.

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Title: Updated BIPOC Coalition legislation

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WncTd8GGgjlTb5tSloIlsosONIBUYrcP/edit

Description: A document from the Associated Student of Madison Student Council enacting to support the BIPOC Coalition's work.

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Title: Abraham Lincoln Returns to Kalamazoo

URL: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/63ba7795-2632-40c8-ab7d-8247c6ccc851/downloads/Returning%20Abraham%20Lincoln%20to%20Kalamazoo%2C%20Report.pdf?ver=1657685930467

Description: "A community-supported effort. For presentation to the Kalamazoo City Commission, July 5, 2022. Requesting City Commission approval of Sculptor William Wolfe's design proposal for the Bronson Park commemorative statue of Abraham Lincoln."

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Title: “A Single-Handed Symbol Of White Supremacy”: Wisconsin Students Demand Removal Of Statue Of Abraham Lincoln

URL: https://jonathanturley.org/2020/07/01/a-single-handed-symbol-of-white-supremacy-wisconsin-students-demand-removal-of-statue-of-abraham-lincoln/

Description: An article discussing University of Wisconsin-Madison's student groups, the Black Student Union and the Student Inclusion Coalition, calling for the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill. The article discusses controversial acts by Lincoln during his presidency, but argues that Lincoln is not a "symbol of white supremacy."

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Title: City commission expresses support for renaming Lincoln Park

URL: https://lbpost.com/news/city-commission-expresses-support-for-renaming-lincoln-park/

Description: An article describing the Change the Name Coalition's presentation to the Long Beach Equity and Human Relations Commission calling for the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue and the penny sculpture in Lincoln Park, and for a change in the park's name.

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Title: Correspondence from LACDMH American Indian/Alaska Native Underserved Cultural Communities Subcommittee

URL: https://longbeach.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10933160&GUID=F8159048-337C-4F86-B39D-A607C93D6ABE

Description: A copy of a letter addressed to the Mayor of the City of Long Beach regarding the Abraham Lincoln Penny Monument at Lincoln Park. The Subcommittee recommends removing the Penny Monument and replacing it with a monument to Toypurina, a Tongva/Kizh medicine woman who opposed colonial rule by Spanish Missionaries in California.

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Title: UW-Madison students call for removal of Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill

URL: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-students-call-for-removal-of-abraham-lincoln-statue-on-bascom-hill/article_b12c83c9-38a1-5e68-9964-beabe4046d02.html

Description: An article regarding a call for the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill by two student organizations.

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Title: Truth before Reconciliation: Lincoln Has Blood on His Hands

URL: https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/truth-before-reconciliation-lincoln-has-blood-on-his-hands-2/

Description: An article describing a protest held by the Long Beach Change the Name Coalition at Lincoln Park, Long Beach, CA, to change the name of the park and erect a new monument in dedication of the Native Peoples of Long Beach.

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Title: Norton to Introduce Legislation Removing Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park

URL: https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-to-introduce-legislation-removing-emancipation-statue-from/

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Title: Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln bust removed from Cornell library after ‘complaint’: professor

URL: https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/cornell-removes-gettysburg-address-abraham-lincoln-bust-from-library/

Description: An article describing the removal of an Abraham Lincoln bust from Cornell University's Kroch Library following the end of an exhibit.

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Title: Indigenous people call for the removal of giant penny statue, renaming of Lincoln Park in Long Beach

URL: https://sigtrib.com/indigenous-people-call-for-the-removal-of-giant-penny-statue-renaming-of-lincoln-park-in-long-beach/

Description: An article describing a protest to remove the Lincoln penny statue and the Long Beach Change the Name Coalition's request to rename the park.

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Title: Tweet by @EleanorNorton

URL: https://twitter.com/EleanorNorton/status/1275505825558204417?s=20

Description: A tweet by Congressperson Eleanor Norton regarding a bill to move the Emancipation Statue to a museum.

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Title: Tweet by @realchrisjbeale

URL: https://twitter.com/realchrisjbeale/status/1343368566549016576?s=20&t=KHd-zxlqm7zSAE4V9N8PCA/

Description: Tweet by @realchrisjbeale commenting on the Lincoln statue outside of San Francisco's City Hall having red paint poured on it. This tweet links out to a longer article by Chris J. Beale about this incident.

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Title: Should Lincoln’s Statues Come Down?

URL: https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/should-lincolns-statues-come-down/

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Title: Flyers point to 'Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage' in Lincoln statue defacing

URL: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/flyers-point-to-indigenous-peoples-day-of-rage-in-lincoln-statue-defacing/article_e363d6f0-2ad3-11ec-8dfd-3b8c2c1fb2f5.html

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Title: With Lincoln statue conserved, Bennington Museum pledges to use vandalism as springboard for reinterpretation

URL: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/with-lincoln-statue-conserved-bennington-museum-pledges-to-use-vandalism-as-springboard-for-reinterpretation/article_dc936964-3058-11ec-a11d-17fe8d993514.html

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Title: Preserve the Emancipation Statue in Boston

URL: https://www.change.org/p/boston-art-commission-preserve-the-emancipation-statue-in-boston/

Description: A petition to the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, the Boston Art Commission, the Massachusetts Governor, the President of the United States, and others, to preserve an Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston, Massachusetts. It has 952 signatures.

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Title: REMOVE THIS MONUMENT TO WHITE SUPREMACY IN WASHINGTON DC

URL: https://www.change.org/p/eleanor-holmes-norton-remove-this-monument-to-white-supremacy-in-washington-dc/

Description: A petition to Representative Eleanor Homes Norton, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and the U.S. National Park Services to remove an Abraham Lincoln statue in Washington, D.C. It has 272 signatures.

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Title: Lincoln Park: Ditch the Penny & Change the Name

URL: https://www.change.org/p/long-beach-city-council-lincoln-park-ditch-the-penny-change-the-name/

Description: A petition to remove the Lincoln penny statue in Lincoln Park, Long Beach, CA, and to change the name of the park in support of the Gabrielino-Tongva people.

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Title: THE EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL STATUE: Moving Forward

URL: https://www.change.org/p/national-park-service-the-emancipation-memorial-statue-moving-forward/

Description: A petition to the National Park Service and 35 others to erect two new statues alongside an Abraham Lincoln statue in Washington, D.C. It has 452 signatures.

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Title: Take Down the Abraham Lincoln "Emancipation Statue" in Washington, DC

URL: https://www.change.org/p/u-s-national-park-services-take-down-the-abraham-lincoln-emancipation-statue-in-washington-dc/

Description: A petition to the National Park Services and the United States Department of the Interior to remove an Abraham Lincoln statue in Washington, D.C. It has 10.269 signatures.

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Title: BIPOC Demands for the University of Wisconsin-Madison

URL: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-wisconsin-madison-bipoc-demands-for-the-university-of-wisconsin-madison?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_24434419_en-US%3A6&recruiter=1145637867&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

Description: A petition to the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a list of demands from BIPOC students, including the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue at the top of Bascom Hill. It has 3,145 signatures.

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Title: Remove and replace “The Lincoln Statue” from Bascom Hill

URL: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-wisconsin-madison-remove-and-replace-the-lincoln-statue-from-bascom-hill?recruiter=335037443&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=tap_basic_share&use_react=false

Description: A petition to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to remove and replace the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill. It has 384 signatures.

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Title: The Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Statue is being taken down. Sign to keep it up!

URL: https://www.change.org/p/washington-dc-the-lincoln-emancipation-proclamation-statue-is-being-taken-down-sign-to-keep-it-up/

Description: A petition to keep a Lincoln statue in Washington, D.C. It has 205 signatures.

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Title: Lincoln statue in Chicago’s Edgewater park defaced

URL: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-lincoln-statue-defaced-20221125-vihlqquojzc7xbezoucwqjp2vq-story.html

Description: An article describing an Abraham Lincoln in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood that was splashed with red paint on November 24, 2022. This article also discusses the Chicago Monuments Project.

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Title: Op-ed: Take down Chicago’s Lincoln statues? It’s iconoclasm gone mad

URL: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-monuments-statues-lincoln-20210222-7sxvog75i5fcthilyi7uofwczm-story.html

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Title: Portland, Oregon, protesters topple statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt

URL: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/us/portland-statues-riot-trnd/index.html

Description: This article describes the statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, Oregon being taken down by protestors during the "indigenous People's Day of Rage."

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Title: All Information (Except Text) for H.R.1164 - Emancipation Statue Removal Act

URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1164/all-info?r=4&s=1

Description: All information regarding H.R. 1164, the Emancipation Statue Removal Act introduced to the House of Representatives by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. The bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia.

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Title: Blank says there will not be a plaque honoring natives on Lincoln statue

URL: https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2017/10/blank-says-there-will-not-be-a-plaque-honoring-natives-on-lincoln-statue/

Description: An article discussing University of Wisconsin-Madison's Chancellor, Rebecca Blank, stating there will be no plaque added to the Abraham Lincoln statue acknowledging his role in the deaths of Native peoples. The addition of this plaque was called for by the Associated Students of Madison.

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Title: Indigenous Action | Indigenous People's Day of Rage

URL: https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousActionMedia/photos/a.626988161069661/1042659289502544/

Description: Facebook post from Indigenous Action reporting actions taken by protestors during "Indigenous People's Day of Rage." Includes a photo depicting the actions described.

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Title: Indigenous Action | Indigenous People's Day of Rage

URL: https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousActionMedia/photos/pcb.1041866969581776/1041866909581782/

Description: Facebook photo from Indigenous Action depicting a statue toppled over.

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Title: Facebook Post | Abraham Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill

URL: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1775097042632687&set=gm.833723587152951

Description: A FaceBook post with attached photo of a meme. The post is regarding the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill. It links to a change.org petition.

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Title: Lincoln statue back on display at Cornell University library after abrupt removal

URL: https://www.foxnews.com/us/lincoln-statue-back-on-display-cornell-university-library-after-abrupt-removal

Description: An article discussing an Abraham Lincoln bust, previously on display for an exhibit in Cornell's Kroch Library, returning to display in the University's Uris Library.

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Title: Cancel Abraham Lincoln? San Francisco grapples with the president’s legacy

URL: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-30/san-francisco-grapples-with-abraham-lincoln-legacy

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Title: Lincoln Park’s memorial to the Great Emancipator should stand

URL: https://www.mdpolicy.org/research/detail/lincoln-parks-memorial-to-the-great-emancipator-should-stand/

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Title: Minnesota State Mankato Creates New Exhibit Space for Lincoln Statue in Memorial Library

URL: https://www.mnsu.edu/about-the-university/news-and-events/lincoln-statue-exhibit-in-memorial-library/

Description: An article describing a new exhibit space in the University's Memorial Library for an Abraham Lincoln statue. The University was gifted the statue by alumni in 1926.

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Title: ‘We're in the Land of Lincoln:' Lightfoot Responds to Chicago Mural Controversy

URL: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/were-in-the-land-of-lincoln-lightfoot-responds-to-chicago-mural-controversy/2446643/

Description: An article describing the response of Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, regarding Chicago statues of Lincoln and Washington being deemed 'problematic.'

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Title: D.C. Delegate Reintroduces Bill To Remove Emancipation Memorial From Lincoln Park

URL: https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/02/19/969419030/d-c-delegate-reintroduces-bill-to-remove-emancipation-memorial-from-lincoln-park/

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Title: Boston Removes Statue of Formerly Enslaved Man Kneeling Before Lincoln

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/us/boston-abraham-lincoln-statue.html

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Title: What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments

URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-frederick-douglass-had-say-about-monuments-180975225/

Description: An article describing an 1867 letter from Frederick Douglass regarding an Abraham Lincoln statue.

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Title: Incoming UW-Madison chancellor declines to comment on fate of embattled Lincoln statue

URL: https://www.thecollegefix.com/incoming-uw-madison-chancellor-declines-to-comment-on-fate-of-embattled-lincoln-statue/

Description: An article describing the University of Wisconsin Madison's incoming Chancellor's declination to comment on the controversy surrounding the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.

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Title: Discovery of Frederick Douglass letter sheds light on contested Lincoln statue

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/05/frederick-douglass-letter-lincoln-statue/

Description: An article describing a letter written by Frederick Douglass regarding an Abraham Lincoln statue in Washington, D.C.

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Title: Ask Flamingle: 1909 Gift

URL: https://www.uwalumni.com/news/1909-gift/

Description: A question & answer post describing the 1909 donation of the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.

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Title: Controversial Lincoln statue is removed in Boston, but remains in D.C.

URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/29/lincoln-statue-removed-boston-dc/

Description: An article describing the removal of an Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Title: Protesters denounce Abraham Lincoln statue in D.C., urge removal of Emancipation Memorial

URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-denounce-abraham-lincoln-statue-in-dc-urge-removal-of-emancipation-memorial/2020/06/25/02646910-b704-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

Description: An article describing a protest for the removal of an Abraham Lincoln statue in Washington, D.C.

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Title: Boston Artist Doesn't See Freedom In Lincoln Statue Featuring Enslaved Man, Calls For Removal

URL: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/29/boston-lincoln-statue-enslaved-man/

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Title: Rally at Emancipation Monument calls for removal of statue, engaging in conversations on race

URL: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/emancipation-statue-removal-called-for-in-lincoln-park-protest/65-33bb9f8a-ee02-4b0e-a244-f45fe8aab2bb/

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Title: Portland Protesters Tore Down Statues of Presidents. New Rules May Keep Them Mothballed.

URL: https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/06/23/portland-protesters-tore-down-statues-of-presidents-new-rules-may-keep-them-mothballed/

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Title: Arts Leaders Voted Wednesday to Keep Abraham Lincoln Statue Out of a Portland Park

URL: https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/09/28/arts-leaders-may-vote-wednesday-whether-to-keep-abraham-lincoln-statue-out-of-a-portland-park/

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