{"id":6481,"date":"2017-08-27T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T22:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:26:49","slug":"commentary-gop-the-party-of-abraham-lincoln-or-robert-e-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2017\/08\/27\/commentary-gop-the-party-of-abraham-lincoln-or-robert-e-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary – GOP, the Party of Abraham Lincoln or Robert E. Lee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chandra Serfoss]<\/em><\/p>\n

The Republican Party, if it’s going to continue forward, needs to decide if it’s the party of Lincoln or the party of the Confederate States of America.<\/p>\n

The two disparate histories written at the close of the war between the states cannot be reconciled.<\/p>\n

I see Republicans (and conservatives) making several arguments as to why no Confederate statues should be moved from government properties, but the two I find most interesting can often be found in the same Facebook thread: that those statues are honoring “our” heritage, AND it’s Democrats wishing to erase their “evil” history.<\/p>\n

It can’t be both. Think about it.<\/p>\n

Chandra Serfoss.<\/p>\n

—-<\/p>\n

Directly behind the statue of Abraham Lincoln inside the memorial chamber an inscription reads:<\/em><\/p>\n

IN THIS TEMPLE
\nAS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
\nFOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION
\nTHE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
\nIS ENSHRINED FOREVER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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