Lincoln loses his cool, and his head, in DC heat wave meltdown

WASHINGTON (7News) — A heat wave hit the DMV area over the weekend, and one of the country's leaders paid the price.

A wax sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, placed outside of Garrison Elementary School in Northwest, D.C., began to melt from the temperatures.

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As it melted, the sculpture lost its head.

School leaders, therefore, took the head to be repaired.

This came as temperatures hit100 degrees and the area was under a heat alert over the weekend.