Statue of Abraham Lincoln | |
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The sculpture in 2013 | |
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Artist | George Fite Waters |
Year | 1928 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze |
Subject | Abraham Lincoln |
Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
45°31′00″N 122°40′57″W / 45.51674°N 122.68242°W |
A bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by George Fite Waters was installed in Portland, Oregon's South Park Blocks, in the United States, until 2020. The 10-foot statue was donated by Henry Waldo Coe. [1]
The statue was cast at Claude Valsuani's foundry in France in 1927, on Lincoln's birthday, and was dedicated on October 5, 1928. [2]
Protesters toppled the statue during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in October 2020, along with the nearby Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider. [3]
On July 28, 2021, Stan Pulliam, the mayor of Sandy, Oregon proposed to have the Lincoln statue, Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, and the statue of George Washington reinstalled in Sandy. [4] He said, "When we heard last week that the city of Portland is considering not putting the statues back up we decided we’re tired of the embarrassment." A decision on the future of the statues has not been made. [5]
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln | |
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The sculpture in 2013 | |
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Artist | George Fite Waters |
Year | 1928 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze |
Subject | Abraham Lincoln |
Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
45°31′00″N 122°40′57″W / 45.51674°N 122.68242°W |
A bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by George Fite Waters was installed in Portland, Oregon's South Park Blocks, in the United States, until 2020. The 10-foot statue was donated by Henry Waldo Coe. [1]
The statue was cast at Claude Valsuani's foundry in France in 1927, on Lincoln's birthday, and was dedicated on October 5, 1928. [2]
Protesters toppled the statue during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in October 2020, along with the nearby Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider. [3]
On July 28, 2021, Stan Pulliam, the mayor of Sandy, Oregon proposed to have the Lincoln statue, Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, and the statue of George Washington reinstalled in Sandy. [4] He said, "When we heard last week that the city of Portland is considering not putting the statues back up we decided we’re tired of the embarrassment." A decision on the future of the statues has not been made. [5]
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