If you haven’t already seen the life-size wax sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, which was a replica of the Lincoln Memorial, has sadly been damaged beyond repair by none other than the D.C. heat that took over the city over the last 1.5 weeks.
The local artist, Sandy Williams IV, mentioned that the wax used for the project was expected to have “a congealing point of 140 degrees”, which meant that even the artist themself couldn’t have anticipated what happened – poor Honest Abe lost his head… literally.
The incredible heat wave, which swept the entire East Coast broke local heat records in the D.C. area – hitting 100 for the first time in nearly a decade on June 22 with temperatures only marginally dropping since then.
Now, with all that being said, the images that came out from the melting Lincoln sculpture have sparked some of the funniest online social media moments in recent D.C. memory – so here are a few of our favorites for you to enjoy!