By Bill Korach, Nov. 2013, thereportcard.org
A plaque at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago states “This
building is dedicated to public service honoring the memory of Abraham
Lincoln Democrat.” Lincoln, of course was a Republican and in fact one of
the founders of the Republican Party. The strangely worded plaque was installed
in 1905, but Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of the Illinois-based
Turning Point USA, a nationwide young conservatives student movement, said
Monday in an interview with The College Fix that “now is the time for removal
and replacement.”
According to building archives, “the word democrat was used because
Lincoln was an advocate for democracy—the political or social equality of all
people,” campus officials stated in a press release. “The word was not chosen
to reflect a political affiliation. … Northeastern Illinois University
recognizes the context that this plaque was created and intends to uphold its
integrity.”
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