Lincoln the Orator - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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N 41° 46.358 W 087° 36.227
16T E 449818 N 4624708
Abraham Lincoln standing with proper left hand on his hip and proper right hand raised in the air (an uncharacteristic pose.) On a tall stone base. aka The Gettysburg Lincoln
Waymark Code: WM95N2
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2010
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Replica of a piece unveiled in Pana, Illinois in 1903, and was made with permission of the donor of the Pana statue, Captain John W. Kitchell. Post 91 of the Department of Illinois Grand Army of the Republic, the principal organization of Union Army veterans of the Civil War, erected this statue in a section of the cemetery reserved for Union soldiers. You can see their graves in front of the statue.
H. 11 ft.
Inscriptions
Front
Post # 91 Dept of Ills. G.A.R.
(Committee member names)
Erected June 14, 1905
Rear
Replica Statue of Lincoln by permission of J.W. Kitchell, Pana, IL
ARTIST: Mulligan, Charles J., 1866-1916, sculptor.
Charles Mulligan was an active Chicago sculptor, who was discovered by Lorado Taft and eventually headed his workshop for the 1893 World's Fair. Another example of Mulligan's is entitled "Lincoln, The Railsplitter," located in Garfield Park on the city's - see waymark (
visit link)
Located in Oak Woods Cemetery, 1035 East 67th Street, Chicago, Illinois
Oak Woods Cemetery is the final resting place of many notables, both honored and notorious, including:
Jesse Owens - Olympian
Harold Washington - Mayor of Chicago
Enrico Fermi - nuclear scientist
Kenesaw Mountain Landis - Commissioner of Baseball
Bill Veeck - baseball owner and innovator
Junior Wells - bluesman
William "Big Bill" Thompson - Mayor of Chicago (notorious)
The Confederate Mound - Confederate POWs who died at nearby Camp Douglas
Oak Woods is also the location of a number of waymarks - hit the Nearest Waymarks button.