Tribune-Review Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review An Abraham Lincoln statue by Pittsburgh-based sculptor Susan Wagner is unveiled at the Wilkinsburg Borough municipal building Tuesday, Feb. 23
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. I’d like to encourage everyone who reads this to please look up on Google or YouTube the 1838 Lyceum Address by Abraham Lincoln. It was written 23 years before the Civil War. Similar to today, tensions were high, and there was much unease. Lincoln warned the nation of immense harm that would prevail if we “the people” permit it. Very similar to today, mobs were what some thought was an adequate way of change.