Abraham Lincoln - Stockbridge, MA - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

A 7' high bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln stands on a bronze plinth on a 3' high by 3' square stone base. The sculpture is identical to the statue created in 1911 by Daniel Chester French for the Gettysburg Lincoln Monument at the Nebraska State House in Lincoln, NE.

A bearded Lincoln stands with his left foot forward. He is wearing a double-breasted, knee length jacket. His head bowed, and his hands clasped in front of him, right hand on top of left.

The statue is at the edge of a wooded area north of the Barn Gallery Visitor's Center and the Woodshed at Chesterwood. It's easy to miss is you don't know were to find it.

A bronze plaque on the side of the base is inscribed:

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was self-educated, and after a series of unsuccessful ventures he became a lawyer, practicing in Illinois. In 1842, he married Mary Todd, with whom he had four children.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term before returning to practice law Lincoln in Springfield, IL. In 1858, he failed in his bid for the United States Senate to Stephen Douglas. He joined the the newly formed anti-slavery Republican Party and won the 1860 election to become the 16th President of the United States.

His election victory precipitated the Civil War over which he presided, as Commander-in-Chief from 1861 to 1865. Soon after the Union victory he was assassinated by southern sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth. He died on April 15, 1865 in Washington, D.C.