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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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LINCOLN STATUE PILGRIMAGE The Lincoln National Life Founda-tion of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is forthe 32nd year sponsoring a Lincolnstatue pilgrimage for the Boy Scoutsj of America. The attendance award,will be given to every Scout whovisits a Lincoln statue on Friday,February 12, 1965. The local Lincoln statues are lo-cated at Oak Square in Boston andat Fountain Square in Hingham.Visiting either one on February 12thwill qualify your boys. The Boston statue is the 6th he-roic Lincoln statue in bronze to beerected. It was set in place in 1879.The one in Hingham was set inplace in 1939 and is the 67th to beerected. Please drop a note to the BostonCouncil, Inc., B.S.A., Public Rela-tions Department at 27 MarlboroughStreet, Boston or fill out the at-tached coupon and send it in byFebruary 17th. LINCOLN AWARD. boys from Pack .TroopPost . community Statue on February 12. visited the Lincoln SignedTitle /&<?)&*\/fec.-c?/Tc/ /^^//^^
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REFLECTING—Roderick Michaud, of Walthampauses to pay respect before Emancipationstatue of Abraham Lincoln in Park square. Rod-erick was en route to Maine. Lincoln will longbe remembered for his act of freeing the slavesand his Gettysburg Address off November 19,1863 February 17, 19^5 Mr. Abraham P. Rockwood29 Emerson Pl?ceNeedha;n, -assachusetts Dear Mr. Wockwood: Thank you for .vcur letter of February 1^ enclosing the Lincoln news-paper clippings. You are correct about the location of the Lincoln Statue by ThoijasBall. It Is in Park Square, Boston, we have nothing in our filesto indicate that there is or ever has been a Lincoln statue in OakSquare. Evidently, the error was made in the Boston office. Yours sincerely, (Mrs.) Ruth ?. Rigging Asst. to Dr. curtry P. S. - Enclosed is a copy of LINCOLN LORE listing the statues bydate of dedication and by location. f ^\

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