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Lincoln expert not worried about Trump’s move to stop minting pennies
It’s been debated for decades - now President Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. A historian says the move won’t diminish the legacy of Illinois’ favorite son, Abraham ...
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The second inaugural we need was delivered 160 years ago
National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...
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Mount Rushmore
The 60-foot-tall profiles of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were intended to represent ... from steel cables with jackhammers over the 500-foot face of the ...
Lincoln Memorial Museum will highlight civil rights moments held on its steps
The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First Amendment.
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A famous Lincoln speech might bear his fingerprints
When Abraham Lincoln ... terms. Lincoln’s second inaugural came in the waning days of the Civil War and produced a speech that is carved in stone at the Lincoln Memorial. The historic document ...