Brendan ekstrom biography of abraham lincoln

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Last April, the Texas Senate had a long and important debate about my Monument Protection legislation, SB 1663. The bill ultimately passed the Senate creating a framework and process for historical monuments to be relocated or removed, and also included permanent protections for the Alamo Cenotaph, and created a committee to review the artwork and decor in the Senate Chamber.

The bill was passed by the Senate, but never received a vote in the Texas House. When I first authored the bill, I was concerned that monuments were being removed, relocated or destroyed without any input or process. Since then, we have seen monuments attacked by mobs, demolished by protestors-- even here on the grounds of the Texas Capitol. In Washington state, a statue of George Washington was vandalized, in Oregon, statues of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt were toppled by protestors, and in Wisconsin, a statue of noted abolitionist Hans Christian Heg was maimed by mobs.

The entire nation has been tested this year-- Covid 19 has caused public health and economic challenges. Civil unrest has broken out from coast to coast. Shopkeepers are forced to board up their stores to protect their livelihoods from rioters, and cities are having to divert police resources to place monuments and statues

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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on March 3, 2015:

·       PHOTOS: High school seniors who have been awarded the Woodford R. Porter Scholarship were honored Feb. 26 at the Porter Reception. View here.

·       Symposium intended to improve trauma services. Read more.

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DID YOU KNOW?

The longest overdue period for a book from the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library was for one checked out in 1876 and returned in 1967. (Courtesy: History Collections, Kornhauser Health Sciences Library.)

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