Posted on 07/30/2022 9:39:27 AM PDT by lowbridge
The Cornell University Library has removed a bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a bronze plaque of the Gettysburg Address after reportedly receiving a complaint.
Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, which had been there since 2013, after "someone complained," the College Fix reported .
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, university spokeswoman Rebecca Valli said the bust of Lincoln "was part of a temporary exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address" and that it had been on display from 2013-2021. With the display gone, only an empty case remains.
Lincoln delivered the famous oration on Nov. 19, 1863, four months after the Civil War battle on the site claimed over 50,000 lives on both sides of the conflict —the most of any single battle of the conflict.
“Cornell proudly possesses one of five known copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln’s hand," Valli said. "The original is safely sequestered, with a digital facsimile on permanent display. Additionally, five electronic Lincoln exhibitions are available for 24/7 viewing online."
Wayne remains unconvinced of the university's version of events. In an email to the Washington Examiner, he said he did not believe that the university's statement "is the whole truth."
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Can I complain when I see portraits of Dorkbama, Bubba, the Hillabeast, Gropy Grandpa, Cackling Kamilla, or any other number of stupid, lying, never had a real job losers?
We used to be a country of “majority rules”.
Today, micro minority rules
Our elite Universities are complete garbage. It’s going to take an act of God and revival to change all this. These kids coming out are not leaders, not all that smart but good commies.
We need to start complaining about any green or LGBT events
Ithica, the city of evil.
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I think that Cornell University should move its headquarters and campus to the country of its choice, other than the United States. Cornell University does not belong here.
Because there is a KKK alive and well. Do not doubt it.
Cornell University Library has no clue who President Abraham Lincoln was , maybe they should read up on him
If the Cornell University Library was burning, I wouldn’t lift one finger to save that cesspool of Marxist thought.
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Fourscore and seven years ago, our forefathers bought forth to this continent a new nation conceived in liberty until 2020.
Now, we no longer have a nation because we have no borders and our liberty is being stripped away from us in collusion with foreign entities.
The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!
There are still a few dozen of the morons hanging on. A reminder of the true face of the Democrat party.
Can you blame them? Lincoln freed their slaves.
Why did you alter the article date?
I’m sure that when someone complains that they were removed, that they will restore them again... /s
(Only certain complaints are given any weight by the hypocritical left)
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Nothing to do with Lincoln or anything else decent should be at Cornell.
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