Confederate Group Upset About Lincoln Statue In Hot Springs
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A rare bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln that
a Hot Springs official calls a "treasure" is drawing criticism
from a group that memorializes the Confederacy.
The statue is cast from a model that was used for the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D-C. The figure has been in Hot Springs for
about 40 years, and is on display at the Hot Springs Civic and
Convention Center.
Steve Arrison, executive director of the Hot Springs Advertising
and Promotion Commission, which oversees the convention center,
says he doesn`t want to get in a fight over the statue. He says the
vast majority of visitors to the center will appreciate the work.
The leader of the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, Loy Mauch of Bismarck, says he wants the statue to be
removed.
A Chicago businessman brought the statue to Hot Springs, where
he spent his summers. The statue is believed to be one of fewer
than a dozen scale replicas cast from the model of the statue in
the nation`s capital by Daniel Chester French.
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