Plaque at Northeastern Illinois University Calls Abraham Lincoln a Democrat
You have to wonder how many people walked by this plaque day after day and didn’t notice the mistake.
Cheryl K. Chumley of The Washington Times reports.
Abraham Lincoln a Democrat? Northeastern Illinois Univ. says so
Twitter posters were up in arms after a follower posted a picture of a building affiliated with Northeastern Illinois University that includes a plaque honoring the nation’s 16th president — as a Democrat.
The Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies of Northeastern Illinois University has this plaque on its exterior, the news aggregation site Weazel Zippers found: “This building is dedicated to public service honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln Democrat.”
Mr. Lincoln, of course, was not. And Twitter posters were quick to point out the error.
“Shows you how uneducated the Dems/Libs are. Lincoln started the Republican Party,” one wrote.
Another wrote: “Lincoln a DEM???”
And in reply to that poster, another wrote: “No but these DEMs aren’t that bright. He was actually from the Whig Party then Republican.”
Here’s a picture via Weasel Zippers.
Abraham Lincoln a Democrat? Northeastern Illinois Univ. says so (The Washington Times)
Comments
Lincoln was against slavery. Of course he wasn’t a Democrat.
The Chicago History Museum is pushing the “Oh, Lincoln didn’t care about freeing the slaves” meme. I don’t go there anymore.
Lincoln was a big government unionist (the US union, not the employee type). He didn’t care about slavery. All you have to do is read his speeches. The south might have seceded because of slavery, but the Civil War stared because Lincoln wanted the customs duties from the south.