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The statue of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Kirke Brown was dedicated in 1870 and moved to its present location in 1930.

Dedication, Sept 16, 1870

Moved, 1930

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Henry Kirke Brown,Sculptor

Abraham Lincoln

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Cast in 1870 and dedicated on September 16 of that year, the statue was originally installed at the southwest corner of Union Square, where the statue of Mahatma Gandhi now stands.

In 1875, a stone and bronze rail fence was constructed around the statue of Lincoln

The fence included an inscription of text from his second inaugural address, "with malice toward none; charity toward all."

During the 1930 redesign of Union Square Park, the statue was moved to its current location, but the fence remained.

The statue is in axial alignment with the Independence Flagstaff and George Washington

The statue was conserved in 1992

Not long after Lincoln’s death, the statue of Lincoln was sponsored by the Union League Club, a Republican organization

In Brown's statue of Lincoln, he combines a classically styled pose with a perceptive naturalism, uniting realistic detail with an idealistic stance.

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