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 Lincoln Memorial Bridge: Abraham Lincoln - Milwaukee, WI Posted by:  adgorn
N 43° 02.418 W 087° 53.870
16T E 426867 N 4765681
Full-length portrait of a beardless Lincoln. He is standing, looking down, hands at his sides.
Waymark Code: WMV87M
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2017
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Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. 10 1/2 x 16 x 20 ft.; Bronze plinth approx: 5 x 42 1/2 x 42 1/2 in.; Polished base: approx. 49 3/4 x 90 x 90 in.; Unpolished base: approx. 21 x 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (3,000 lbs.).
Inscription: (On back of bronze base, lower left:) Gaetano Cesere, Sculptor 1934 (On back of bronze base, lower right:) Jno Williams NY 1934 (Incised on front of bronze base:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN/1809-1865/PRESIDENT/EMANCIPATOR/MARTYR (On west face of pedestal:) "With malice toward none...and with all nations" Second Inaugural address, March 4, 1865 (On south face of pedestal:) This monument is a gift of the Grand Army of the Republic, the school children, workingmen and citizens in general of the city of Milwaukee as an expression of their love, loyalty of country and reverence for a great emancipator." Abraham Lincoln Memorial Committee, Inc./City of Milwaukee/January 31, 1932 (On east face of pedestal, quotes by different individuals:) "One of Nature's Masterful Great Men" Richard Henry Stoddard / "A Man Inspired of God" Henry Watterson / "The Man of the People" Edwin Markham / "The First American" James Russell Lowell signed Founder's mark appears.
The memorial was initially proposed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Lincoln's visit to Milwaukee on Sept. 30, 1859. It was funded by public subscription, with donations from school children and the business community, and members of the E.B. Wolcott Post of the G.A.R. $23,000 was raised for the memorial, but World War I intervened. In 1932, the Lincoln Memorial Association announced a national competition for the design, which was won by Cecere. The statue was dedicated Sept. 15, 1934. It was originally installed on the bridge, close to where is now stands (but facing west). It was removed in late 1954 because of the construction of the War Memorial Center and later placed on city-owned park land in front of the Elks Club on East Wisconsin Avenue. With the remodeling of the Lincoln Memorial Drive bridge in 1986, the statue was returned back near its original site, but set facing west. Ferdinand Eiseman designed and fabricated the polished granite base.
TITLE: Lincoln Memorial Bridge: Abraham Lincoln
ARTIST(S): Cecere, Gaetano, 1894-1985, sculptor. Eiseman, Ferdinand, architect. Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
DATE: Commissioned 1933. 1934. Dedicated Sept. 15, 1934. Relocated 1959 and 1986.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: cast bronze; Plinth: bronze: Bases: red Wauwatosa granite and unpolished red granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76009159
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PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Lincoln Memorial Bridge, 720 North Lincoln Memorial Drive, War Memorial Plaza, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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