Statue of Abraham Lincoln (District of Columbia City Hall)
Statue by Lot Flannery in Washington, D.C., U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abraham Lincoln is a marble sculpture of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Irish artist Lot Flannery, located in front of the old District of Columbia City Hall in Washington, D.C., United States. The statue is the nation's oldest extant memorial to the president and was installed several blocks from Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated. Flannery was present at the theater on the night of Lincoln's assassination.
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Location | 400 block of Indiana Ave NW Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Designer | Lot Flannery (sculptor) Frank G. Pierson (architect) |
Material | Marble (sculpture) Granite (base) |
Length | 2.5 feet (0.76 m) |
Width | 2.9 feet (0.88 m) |
Height | 7.3 feet (2.2 m) |
Opening date | April 15, 1868 |
Dedicated to | Abraham Lincoln |
Dedicated in 1868 on the third anniversary of Lincoln's death, dignitaries at the unveiling ceremony included President Andrew Johnson and Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman and Winfield Scott Hancock. The statue has been removed and rededicated twice. The first rededication was in 1923, following an outpouring of support from citizens and a veterans group that the statue be restored. The second rededication took place in 2009 after a three-year remodeling of the old City Hall. It previously stood on a column but now rests on top of an octagonal base.