[Disclosure: I am Immediate Past-President and on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Group of DC, which originally issued this statement on Lincolnian.org. I was the primary organizer and emcee of the Lincoln Memorial Centennial event in 2022.]
“The process should not be rushed and must be transparent.”
Following is a statement from the board of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, which since 1935 has been dedicated to educating the public about the life, legacy and vision of Abraham Lincoln:
“The Lincoln Memorial is Washington’s most visited monument, with more than eight million people a year coming to pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln, our nation’s greatest president. Even more will come as a new museum beneath the Memorial opens this summer.
This process should not be rushed and must be transparent. Abraham Lincoln belongs to all of us. The inscription behind his statue in the Memorial reads: “In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.”
Changes to the Memorial must not become yet another topic of division in an already sorely divided nation.”
For more information, contact Lincoln Group president Ed Epstein at edepstein1@yahoo.com.
