Although the monument was dedicated in 1910, the statues were not
put into position until 1913. J. Otto Schweizer, the Swiss-born sculptor
who created this Lincoln statue, also designed two others for this
location -- Generals Pleasanton and Gregg.Schweizer Statue in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Of the hundreds of monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield, few command
attention like the huge memorial built by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Here Abraham Lincoln appears as one of eight bronze statues in the domed granite
monument honoring 35,000 soldiers.
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