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Show 5 Lincoln Tribute ft i 'if w I $A r s JbLri ca- Commemorating a famous forenalc battle seventy-three years ago. A ' bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln unveiled at Freeport, 111., Bcene of the Lincoln-Douglas debate on August 27, 185S. Out of the mists of the past the majestic figure of Abraham Lincoln, ;?g the debater, emerged In bronze, on jpi August 27, last, to take Its rightful jra place In Freeport, the city which .J he made a landmark in American history In his memorable debate 1 with Stephen A. Douglas, August J 27, 1838. 5j In the presence of a throng far tic In excess of the 15,000 people who a3 crowded Into Freeport seventy-one 1 years before, an heroic statue of 4 Abraham Lincoln was unveiled In j,A that city. The great crowd that , t made its pilgrimage to Freeport on Sjjj that occasion was unliUe that of seventy-one years before. Then the greater part were farmers and plain j;J folk agitated over the issue of slav-' slav-' ery, which they came to hear elari-i elari-i fied. Last year the throng came to 1 pay tribute to the greatness of Lin-j Lin-j coin. 3 Of particular interest was a ""j venerable group of men and women 5 whose enviable distinction was that I they had heard one or more of the j debates between Lincoln and Doug-4 Doug-4 las In the summer and fall of 185S. a Also conspicuous in the group of i distinguished visitors was an ofll-j ofll-j clal delegation from the legislature Jj of Wisconsin, then in session, & which unanimously adopted a reso-lutlon reso-lutlon to send a delegation to the unveiling. ylng The statue, which Is a gift to shop Freeport by W. T.. Raleigh prominent promi-nent manufacturer, is the first , statue of its kind and the first one to mark one of the seven debate , spots of the Lincoln-Douglas cam- palgn. It represents Lincoln in the "J earlier period of life, before he jl wore a beard and when lu his f, strong mid-manhood. It stands In a natural setting of trees in Taylor I park. |
