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Abraham Lincoln Around the World:
The loss of America's 16th president was felt keenly outside the nation's borders. Britain's Queen Victoria and the Empress Eugenie of France sent their condolences to Mary Lincoln. In a modest home in Wales, a shoemaker by the name of Richard Lloyd hung a portrait of the American leader in a place of honor, where it inspired lifelong hero worship in his nephew David. That boy, David Lloyd George, would grow up to become Prime Minister of Great Britain during the First World War.
"In his life, he was a great American. He is no longer so. He is one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. They are no longer Greek, or Hebrew, or English, or American; they belong to mankind."
-- British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, dedicating the Standing Lincoln statue in London, 1920 |