LINCOLN MEETS STOWE MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE 1862 MEETING OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN WASHINGTON D.C. STOWE'S NOVEL, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN WAS WIDELY CREDITED FOR INCREASING OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY. UPON MEETING THIS TINY POWERHOUSE, LINCOLN PURPORTEDLY QUIPPED. "SO YOU'RE THE LITTLE LADY WHO STARTED THIS BIG WAR."
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Memorial Type:
Statues of High Ranking Military Officers
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
MICHAEL HERRICK
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