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ITHACA, NY (77WABC) — A bust of president Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of his Gettysburg address have been removed from a Cornell University library.
Cornell biology professor Randy Wayne told the College Fix that he was told the display was removed after some type of complaint. The removal of the bust has echoes of the Museum of Natural History in New York City removing a statue of Teddy Roosevelt from in front of the museum.
The communications team for Cornell told Fox News Digital that the display was a “temporary exhibit” installed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg address in 2013. The bust of Lincoln and the bronzed plaque of the former President’s historic 1863 address had been in the Kroch Library since 2013.
Exhibits, statues and names honoring historical American figures have come under increasing scrutiny, most notably during the protests and riots of the Summer of 2020.
