List of memorials to Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, has been memorialized in many town, city, and county names, Along with George Washington, he is an iconic image of American democracy and American nationalism. == Changing image == Barry Schwartz, a sociologist who has examined America's cultural memory, states that in the 1930s and 1940s, the memory of Abraham Lincoln was practically sacred and provided the nation with "a moral symbol inspiring and guiding American life." During the Great Depression, he says, Lincoln served "as a means for seeing the world's disappointments, for making its sufferings not so much explicable as meaningful." Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing America for World War II, used the words of the American Civil War-era president to clarify the threat posed by Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.

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List of memorials to Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, has been memorialized in many town, city, and county names, Along with George Washington, he is an iconic image of American democracy and American nationalism. == Changing image == Barry Schwartz, a sociologist who has examined America's cultural memory, states that in the 1930s and 1940s, the memory of Abraham Lincoln was practically sacred and provided the nation with "a moral symbol inspiring and guiding American life." During the Great Depression, he says, Lincoln served "as a means for seeing the world's disappointments, for making its sufferings not so much explicable as meaningful." Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing America for World War II, used the words of the American Civil War-era president to clarify the threat posed by Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.

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