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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
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, in the United States, until 2020, when it was toppled by protestors. The 10-foot statue was donated by Henry Waldo Coe, and is set to be re-installed in Summer 2025.


History

The statue was cast at Claude Valsuani's foundry in France in 1927, on Lincoln's birthday, and was dedicated on October 5, 1928. Protesters toppled the statue during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in October 2020, along with the nearby '' Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider''. On July 28, 2021, Stan Pulliam, the mayor of
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proposed to have the Lincoln statue, '' Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider'', and the
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reinstalled in Sandy. 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." In 2024, the city announced that the statue would be re-installed. It is set to be replaced in summer of 2025.


See also

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1928 in art Events from the year 1928 in art. Events * January 7 – The Tate Gallery, London, is one of the buildings flooded by the 1928 Thames flood. * March 26 – The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou (originally named the National Academy ...
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List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests During the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This oc ...
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List of sculptures of presidents of the United States This is a list of statues and busts of President of the United States, presidents of the United States. Note that some images are excluded due to copyright. To date, there are 17 presidents with sculptures, statues, or physical monuments outside ...
* List of statues of Abraham Lincoln


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