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Bill Taft: “The construction of the Lincoln Memorial and of a memorial bridge from the base of the Lincoln Monument to Arlington…”

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The construction of the Lincoln Memorial and of a memorial bridge from the base of the Lincoln Monument to Arlington would be an appropriate and symbolic expression of the union of the North and the South at the Capital of the Nation.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft proposes the construction of the Lincoln Memorial and a bridge as symbols of national unity.

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