Subject: Re: Ruby Bridges, 1960
* Few Americans remember that Lincoln’s first Executive Order was to rename the Washington Monument the Lincoln-Washington Monument.

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“ABRAHAM LINCOLN
16th President of the United States: 1861 ‐ 1865
First Executive Order—General War Order No. 1

January 27, 1862
Ordered, That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces; that especially the army at and about Fortress Monroe. the Army of the Potomac, the Army of Western Virginia, the army near Munfordville, Ky., the army and flotilla at Cairo, and a naval force in the Gulf of Mexico be ready to move on that day.

That all other forces, both land and naval, with their respective commanders, obey existing orders for the time and be ready to obey additional orders when duly given.”

https://www.presidency.ucsb.ed...

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“AI Overview
That claim is false; President Abraham Lincoln never issued an executive order to rename the Washington Monument the "Lincoln-Washington Monument". The Washington Monument honors George Washington, the first U.S. President, and the Lincoln Memorial honors Abraham Lincoln, but they are distinct structures, and Lincoln did not rename Washington's memorial, as the Lincoln Memorial was built much later.”

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“The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. The memorial's architect was Henry Bacon. In 1920, Daniel Chester French designed the large interior Abraham Lincoln statue, which was carved in marble by the Piccirilli brothers.[4] Jules Guérin painted the interior murals, and the epitaph above the statue was written by Royal Cortissoz. Dedicated on May 30, 1922.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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“The Washington Monument was completed in 1884, 101 years after Congress authorized it. It rises in a straight line between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, but is off-center between the White House and the Jefferson Memorial because the original site was too marshy for its bulk. Private funding ran out in the 1850s, when only the stump of the obelisk had been erected. Building resumed in 1876, producing a slight change in the color of the marble about a third of the way up. The 555ft monument—the tallest free-standing masonry structure in the world—was capped with solid aluminium, then a rare material.”

https://www.timeout.com/washin...


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