The statue, slightly larger than life size, shows Lincoln with
his left hand resting on a symbol of the Union. Lot Flannery,
the Irish sculptor who won the competition to
produce this stylized work, claimed he knew Lincoln and was
present at the theatre when Lincoln was assassinated. Flannery Statue in
Washington, D.C.
You'll find one of the earliest Lincoln statues in America standing
in Judiciary Square, several blocks from Ford's Theatre, where
the president was shot. Dedicated on April 15, 1868, the
third anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death, the marble figure
was unveiled by Lincoln's successor, President Andrew Johnson, after
an elaborate ceremony. In 1919 the statue was taken down, but was
restored to its original location in 1923 after considerable controversy.
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