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Watch now: Lincoln's Pershing mural is coming down — very carefully

A small group of people raised $844,000 in four months -- enough to remove the Pershing Mural, a process that began Wednesday. They'll be stored until a new place to display it is found.

Workers finish removing the Pershing Center mural's 763,000 tiles in Lincoln

After 65 years, the giant, 763,000-tile mural is gone from the facade of the Pershing Center.

Saving a piece of Lincoln history — 763,000 pieces of history

A 350,000-pound concrete wall has been built at Wyuka Cemetery, the future home of the iconic Pershing mural.

'Colors are exploding’: Inside the painstaking Pershing mural restoration

The massive 48-foot-by-140-foot artwork is in the midst of a multiyear effort to preserve the art and memories attached to it, and the small group behind the project is aiming to finish this year.

763,000 tiles and 5 years later: Pershing mural begins its rise at Wyuka

After five years of working to save, restore and create a future home for the Pershing Mural, the first tiles were finally placed at Wyuka Cemetery.

Rain slows progress, but Pershing mural restoration takes shape

This week's rain might've put a slight damper on the reinstallation of the Pershing Mural, but the work at Wyuka Cemetery is still on schedule for completion in early July.

Pershing Mural installation wraps up at Wyuka as final tiles placed

On Thursday, the final 96 tiles of the Pershing Mural were placed at Wyuka.

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Watch now: Lincoln's Pershing mural is coming down — very carefully

Workers finish removing the Pershing Center mural's 763,000 tiles in Lincoln

Saving a piece of Lincoln history — 763,000 pieces of history

'Colors are exploding’: Inside the painstaking Pershing mural restoration

763,000 tiles and 5 years later: Pershing mural begins its rise at Wyuka

Rain slows progress, but Pershing mural restoration takes shape

Pershing Mural installation wraps up at Wyuka as final tiles placed

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