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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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. The inscription on the pedestalwhich follows gives a brief history ofthe movement which brought aboutthe consummation of the project:FREEDOMS MEMORIAL/in grate-ful memory of/ABRAHAM LIN-COLN/This monument was erected/By the Western Sanitary Commis-sion/of Saint Louis, Mo.,/With fundscontributed by/Emancipated Citizensof the United States/Declared freeby his proclamation/January 1 A.D.i 863/The first contribution was made/By Charlotte Scott, a freed woman ofVirginia/and consecrated/By her sug-gestion and request/On the day sheheard of President Lincolns/death/To build a monument to his memory. A bronze tablet on the back of thrpedestal contains these words fromthe closing paragraph of the Emanci-pation Proclamation: And upon thisact, sincerely believed to be an actof justice, warranted by the Consti-tution upon military necessity, I in-voke the considerate judgment ofmankind and the gracious favor ofAlmighty God. Emancipation Proc-lamation January 1, 1863. L Boston Honors a Great Man
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By a Staff Photographer Mayor Lays WreatU at Lincoln Statue Simple exercises were held this noon honoring the 132d birthday ofthe Great Emancipator. GLOBE—FEBRUARY 8, 1912 LINCOLN STATUE IN PARK SQ. Work of Thomas Ball, Charlestown Man, Emancipation Monument Was Given to City by Moses Kimball in 1874 By GRACE HACKETTThe Emancipation Statue of Abraham Lincoln in Parksq. should be a familiar sight. We walk past it. We driveby it. We cross the square in front of it. We do not runinto it, but we do not see it. There are many Bostonianswho do not know there is a statue in Park sq. . The mechanical seeing eye acts in the same way, auto-matically, when a shadow is thrown across its focus. Wegenerally respond involuntarily when an object obstructsour path. We are aware of the existence of thousands ofthings, but the conscious pleasure and satisfaction of seeingwith appreciation is often lost. This statue was sculptured byThomas Ball in 1874 and given totlie city by Moses Kimball. It iswonde

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