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10 That Changed America
Monuments | Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
– This iconic monument, symbolically placed directly across from the former mansion of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and built combining stone from states on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line, would become the stage for the Civil Rights Movement and more recent protests.
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