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A Legacy in Stone:
"Monuments are put up for all ages, while men and ages pass away," said Augustus Saint-Gaudens, whose enormous Standing Lincoln in Chicago marked a turning point in how Americans saw Lincoln and his legacy.
Most early depictions of Lincoln commemorated The Great Emancipator. But with the postwar betrayal of former slaves' political and economic rights, the reunited nation was eager to move on. It wasn't the abolition of slavery that assured Lincoln's place in the history's books, but the preservation of the Union. |