Presented to the city of Springfield in 1918, the statue symbolizes
President-elect Lincoln in 1861 when he left his friends and neighbors
before boarding a train for Washington, D.C. Behind the statue you can
read the entire text of Lincoln's touching
Farewell Address carved on
the huge granite slab.O'Connor Statue in
Springfield, Illinois
As you approach the Illinois State Capitol Building from the east,
this towering bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln comes into view. Its
creator, Andrew O'Connor, was born in Massachusetts in 1874 and
studied sculpture under his father and Daniel Chester French, whose
massive seated Lincoln dominates the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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