Abraham Lincoln & 3153 Lincoln Asteroid - Jersey City, NJ - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

This statue is entitled "Mystic Lincoln" and is set at the entrance to Jersey City's Lincoln Park. It was sculpted by James Earle Frazer who was the designer of the Buffalo Nickel. Fundraising for the statue began in the 1920s- with 25 cent "subscriptions". The final $3,500 was raised by pennies collected from schoolchildren. The statue was dedicated in 1930 and rededicated in 2005. It depicts Lincoln in a pensive pose sitting on a bench. Around the back of the statue is a curved seating area with several engraved quotes from Lincoln, including
"THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH"

Abraham Lincon, was of course, the 16th President of the United States who prevailed in the Civil War only to be assassinated soon after the war ended.

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As for the asteroid, Wikipedia (visit link) has this brief article:

"3153 Lincoln (1984 SH3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1984 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff (AM).

Discovered by B. A. Skiff
Discovery site Flagstaff (AM)
Discovery date September 28, 1984
Designations
MPC designation 3153
Named after Abraham Lincoln
Alternative names 1984 SH3
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 2.7358315
Peri 2.1101765
Eccentricity 0.1291073
Orbital period 1377.6205692
Mean anomaly 75.20145
Inclination 7.70389
Longitude of ascending node 40.72924
Argument of peri 347.80290
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 13.3"

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