Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Portland, Oregon)

External image
	Abraham Lincoln, South Park Blocks (Portland, Oregon), University of Oregon Libraries

Statue of Abraham Lincoln
	The sculpture in 2013
Artist	George Fite Waters
Year	1928
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Abraham Lincoln
Location	Portland, Oregon, United States
	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]

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.[2]

Protesters toppled the statue during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in October 2020, along with the nearby Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider.[3]

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South Park Blocks
Public art	Farewell to Orpheus Holon In the Shadow of the Elm Peace Chant Shemanski Fountain Statue of Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider
Events	Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage (2020)
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