Learn about how Walt Disney transformed Abraham Lincoln into a robotic figure and the curious history of protest that sparked its construction. This little-known story raises questions about who owns the memory of President Lincoln and the Civil War and, more broadly, how history can and should be used to make political points in the present.
Join historian Kim Kutz Elliott for a thought-provoking exploration of Abraham Lincoln's ubiquitous presence in American popular culture.
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