Title: Statues of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents in art Presidents Large-scale sculpture Bronze sculpture, American Slaves
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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/ pedestal of granite. _ The monument was erected by the west- P^ em sanitary commission of St. I.ouls, » with funds contributed solely by einan- ? cipated citizens of the United States. t Charlotte Scott, a freedwoman of Vir-ginia, gave $5—her first earnings in^ freedom—for this purpose. That was theV first contribution that was made toward% the statue, which was dedicated April 14,> 1S76. It had cost $17,000. a sum grate-0^ fully given by the freedmen. At its dedi-▲ cation the foremost colored man of theS. country delivered the oration, which will£ be cherished by every member of his raceas one of the strongest utterances of, Frederick Douglass. >$ There has also been erected to Lincoln *•> B marble statue, which surmounts a tall » Btone column in front of the city hall, at <* the Intersection of D street, John Marshall C^place and Louisiana avenue. But his real tnemorial now Is being erected on the ^ibanks of the Potomac, In the Potomac fark. _. ._,.. /./?£.
Text Appearing After Image: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1926