LINCOLN MEETS STOWE MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues of High Ranking Military Officers
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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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