ABRAHAM LINCOLN SPEECH OF 1861 MEMORIAL
HERE, FEB 11, 1861 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON TO ASSUME THE PRESIDENCY, IN AN ADDRESS SAID "I APPEAL TO YOU TO CONSTANTLY BEAR IN MIND THAT NOT WITH POLITICIANS, NOT WITH PRESIDENTS, NOT WITH OFFICE-SEEKERS, BUT WITH YOU IS THE QUESTION: SHALL THE UNION AND SHALL THE LIBERTIES OF THIS COUNTRY BE PRESERVED TO THE LATEST GENERATIONS?"
Location
Address:
WEST WASHINGTON STREET AND SOUTH MISSOURI STREET
City:
INDIANAPOLIS
State:
Indiana
Zip Code:
46204
Details
Memorial Type:
Bas-Reliefs
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
M. BOWYER
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