Show UNVEILING A STATUE OF LINCOLN in edinburg as a memorial to Scotti sli americans of the civil war eibi mutta AUK aug 21 01 the tho statue of abraham lincoln erected as a memorial to the tile scottish american soldiers of 0 the american civil war was unveiled here today in the presence of the pal authorities many distinguished quests a number of americana americans and a large crowd of the residents resident of edinburg including the most elite of the town and people from the surrounding country the statue which is of bronze standa upon a base of polished red ret granite aln upon the sets a freed slave in bronze hia his face upturned to lincoln who holds in his right hand tile ema emancipation ic proclamation sev Tation eral battle blaes 4 agar also in bronze lie beneath the outstretched hand of the lave 1 the monument was erected in a cemetery cemetery get set apart for the buri burial alof of scottish american soldiers the ceremony of the unveiling was imposing andai and of international character the presence of a largo large detachment of argyll and highlanders High landers th the e princess Lo louises ulses regiment let lending t a i striking feature to the scene |