Abraham Lincoln - Rapid City, SD
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Visitors to Rapid City are greeted by the City of Presidents, a series of life-size bronze statues of our nation’s past presidents along the city’s sidewalks.
The project began in 2000 to honor the legacy of the American presidency.
Waymark Code: WMFAAB
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2012
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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States - 1861-1865
On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Actor John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head before jumping onto the stage and escaping to Maryland. Lincoln died on April 15th. On April 26th, Booth was found hiding in a barn which was set on fire. He was then shot and killed. Eight conspirators were punished for their roles.
Abraham Lincoln is considered by many scholars to have been the best president. He is credited with holding the Union together and leading the North to victory in the Civil War. Further, his actions and beliefs led to the emancipation of African-Americans from the bonds of slavery.
Other than the Civil War, during Lincoln's administration the Homestead Act was passed which allowed squatters to take title to 160 acres of land after having lived in it for five years which helped populate the Great Plains.
Bronze statue of Lincoln shows him siting in his chair reflecting upon the crushing cost of war and the loss of so many sons of the nation while his own son, Thomas (Tad), with a boy's innocent fondness for uniforms and the accoutrements of the soldier, plays with a toy cannon at his fathers feet.
Location: Corner of Main Street and 9th
Sculptor: James Michael Maher
Visit Instructions:
You must have visited the site in person, not online.