Abraham Lincoln Statue

"The life in your years count more than the years in your life."-Abraham Lincoln"it makes me wonder if people walked through Grant Park for 2 decades wondering what was under the tarp. More importantly, what was Honest Abe hiding under there for so long?"The Abraham Lincoln Statue is a monument in Dockland, Illinois.
== History ==
It took 12 years for sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create this stoic statue of Abe. Weird that it took another 20 years for it to be finally revealed in 1926.
== Trivia ==
* Abraham Lincoln lived 1809 to 1865.
* 16th president of the US 1861 to 1865.
* A Republican, his election to the presidency on an anti-slavery platform helped to precipitate the Civil War, which was fought during his administration.
* He was assassinated shortly after the war ended and before he could fulfill his campaign promise to reconcile the North and the South.
* He was noted for his succinct, eloquent speeches, including the Gettysburg Address of 1863.
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