Lincoln Statue - Valdalia, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 57.635 W 089° 05.636
16S E 318573 N 4314487
"Sitting With Lincoln" in small inner city park.
Waymark Code: WM500K
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2008
Views: 16
Park Constructed by: City of Valdalia.
Statue Sculptor: John McClarey.
Statue Dedicated: February 10, 2001.
County of Statue: Fayette County.
Location of Statue: Gallatin St., Lincoln Park, across from State House, Vandalia.
Marker Text:
LINCOLN PARK
Young Lincoln said of his own ambitions, "...I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow man, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem."
This representation of Lincoln in bronze at the time he served in the state legislature at Vandalia from 1834-39, before his rise to national prominence as President of the United States, is a symbol of the esteem to which Lincoln is held in the hearts and minds of people everywhere who cherish liberty and justice.
John McClarey, Sculptor