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Protesters demand removal of statue of Abraham Lincoln with kneeling African American

Protesters on Tuesday tried to bring down a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington D.C. meant to commemorate his 1863 proclamation freeing enslaved people in the rebel states at the height of the Civil War. U.S. President Donald Trump says he has signed an executive order to protect the country's monuments. Protesters on Tuesday tried to bring down a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington D.C. meant to commemorate his 1863 proclamation freeing enslaved people in the rebel states at the height of the Civil War. U.S. President Donald Trump says he has signed an executive order to protect the country's monuments.

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