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Chickenmoons t1_j6ifbct wrote

Curious that this article describes the reception to this statue in 2003 as “mixed” when I distinctly remember significant protests against a statue of Lincoln that included a plane dragging a flag around the unveiling that if I recall correctly read “Sic Semper Tyrannus”. Or something to that effect anyway.

Probably just pure coincidence Booth shouted Virginia’s motto after assassinating Lincoln and a plane with those words was flying at the unveiling of this statue though.

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mtdemlein t1_j6j42oz wrote

You remember correctly as I was one of the reporters covering the unveiling

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upearlyRVA t1_j6ilf68 wrote

Why?

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WhalerBum t1_j6imat7 wrote

“The statue was relocated, the National Park Service said, to make room for a proposed 7,500-seat amphitheater that is still in the planning stages.”

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upearlyRVA t1_j6j0ez3 wrote

Thanks! I saw the story that the amphitheater project has been pushed back a year and didn't put two and two together.

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batkave t1_j6koro0 wrote

TIL Richmond has a Lincoln Statue... Surprised it wasn't Abe Lincoln vampire hunter

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weasol12 t1_j6n5hkp wrote

Might be the first time ever that Davis and Lincoln share the same space.

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