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Heatwave Forces Removal of Lincoln Memorial's Rare Emancipation Documents

The National Park Service temporarily took original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment out of the Lincoln Memorial undercroft because extreme heat threatened their preservation.

The National Park Service temporarily took original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment out of the Lincoln Memorial undercroft because extreme heat threatened their preservation.