Abraham Lincoln's Tomb: Lincoln Head - Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
Posted by: adgorn
N 39° 49.387 W 089° 39.343
16S E 272709 N 4411500
Portrait head of Abraham Lincoln.
Waymark Code: WMQZA4
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2016
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Based on the Smithsonian listing: "The sculpture is a replica of an original marble by Borglum located in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
ARTIST(S): Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor.
DATE: Cast 1930.
MEDIUM: Bronze on a granite base."
The nose is shiny because people like to touch it for good luck.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War — an event often considered its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.
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