A Lincoln bust on Cornell University's campus that was removed earlier this year has officially been returned, which one professor says is a "real win" against cancel culture.

A wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial statue melts during a heat wave in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. The Washington Post via Getty Images. Honest Abe was no match for a D.C. heat wave.

He let the heat get to his head. A wax sculpture of Abraham Lincoln sitting outside of a Washington D.C. elementary school is headless after it began melting during a punishing heatwave that had ...

Abraham Lincoln’s wax head melts off in DC heat wave. The wax sculpture - a replica of the National Mall statue — is collapsing into a blob of white goo after temperatures reached 99F ...

The sculpture was not supposed to melt in the summer heat. Wicks are embedded into the wax, and viewers are invited to light one for a few minutes and collectively melt Lincoln over time.

Sandy Williams IV’s wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial has not survived the Washington D.C. heat. Bystanders witnessed the statue’s meltdown on June 25, to the point of the statue slouching ...