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A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the
Gettysburg address have been removed from a Cornell University
library.
"Someone complained, and it was gone," Cornell biology professor
Randy Wayne told the College Fix of the matter.
The bust of Lincoln and the bronzed plaque of the former
president’s historic 1863 address had been in the Kroch Library,
where the university’s Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections is located, since 2013.
Wayne said that he noticed the display was missing a few weeks
ago and asked librarians what happened. He was told the display
was removed after some type of complaint, but did not provide
further details, according to the College Fix.
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CANCEL CULTURE TIMES
The communications team for Cornell told Fox News Digital that
the display was a "temporary exhibit" installed to celebrate the
150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in 2013.
"President Lincoln’s bust was part of a temporary exhibit on the
150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. The bust was on
display in the Rare and Manuscript Collections from 2013 to
2021," Rebecca Valli, director of media relations at Cornell
University, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN WITH KNEELING SLAVE REMOVED IN BOSTON
"Cornell proudly possesses one of five known copies of the
Gettysburg Address in Lincoln’s hand. The original is safely
sequestered, with a digital facsimile on permanent display.
Additionally, five electronic Lincoln exhibitions are available
for 24/7 viewing online," Valli added.
Valli did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment
on Wayne’s claim that librarians had informed him the display
was removed after a complaint. Fox News also reached out to the
school’s library inquiring about his claim but did not receive a
response.
Photos of where the display was once held show the area now sits
barren.
Before Valli issued comment about the display to the media,
Wayne had emailed Cornell’s president, Martha E. Pollack, on
June 23 inquiring whether she was aware the display was removed
and why, according to email correspondence reviewed by Fox News
Digital. The email went unanswered until Tuesday when a staffer
for Pollack’s office responded that "President Pollack isn’t
typically made aware of changes with exhibitions in the library,
which I believe are decided upon by library staff."
Wayne said he believes no one "has the whole story at this time"
about the removed display, and emphasized the importance the
Gettysburg Address has for him and his students.
CHICAGO REVIEWING STATUES OF LINCOLN, WASHINGTON, OTHER US ICONS
FOR POSSIBLE 'ACTION'
"When I take my students to RMC each semester, I have one of
them read the original in Lincoln’s hand. I am in tears each
time I hear a student read those words," Wayne told Fox News
Digital.
"The Gettysburg Address is an incredible speech," he added in
comment to the College Fix. "We have a handwritten copy in
Lincoln’s hand. It is known as the Bancroft Copy. It comes with
an envelope signed by Lincoln (using his franking privilege),
and a letter to Bancroft, thanking him for requesting a copy of
the address to put in a book to be sold for charity."
Exhibits, statues and names honoring historical American figures
have come under increasing scrutiny, most notably during the
protests and riots of the summer of 2020.
Lincoln was among the figures targeted. Activists in Washington,
D.C., argued a Lincoln statue – which was in part funded by
formerly enslaved Americans – depicting him freeing a slave
wearing a loincloth and kneeling at his feet be removed because
it was demeaning. A replica of the statue in Boston was
successfully removed in 2020 due to the depiction of the freed
slave.
https://news.yahoo.com/cornell-university-removes-gettysburg- address-154218561.html
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