Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Abraham Lincoln
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021
1. Abraham Lincoln Monument
Patriot
Beloved citizen
of the United States
of America
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve
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☆ ☆ November 19, 1863 ☆ ☆
Erected 1932 by School Children of Greater Cleveland.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln series list. A significant historical date for this entry is November 19, 1863.
Location. 41° 30.124′ N, 81° 41.534′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Saint Clair Avenue Northeast and East Mall Drive, on the right when traveling east. Marker and monument are located on the east side of the Cleveland Mall, between Saint Clair Avenue Northeast and Rockwell Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cleveland OH 44114, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Calfee Building (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ohio State Bar Association (about 500 feet away); Commerce (about 500 feet away); The Arcade
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021
2. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Also see . . . Abraham Lincoln in Cleveland. Max Kalish ultimately was chosen as sculptor. The originally proposed site for the memorial was the intersection of Huron Road and Euclid Avenue in Playhouse Square. After much debate, however, the statue ended up on Mall A, in front of (but now behind) the Board of Education building, which became the Drury Hotel in 2016. Cleveland schoolchildren donated pennies and nickels to fund the statue. The memorial was unveiled with great ceremony on Lincoln’s birthday in 1932 and served as the location for Lincoln birthday celebrations for many years afterwards. (Submitted on September 19, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021
3. Abraham Lincoln Monument (front/west side)
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4. Abraham Lincoln Monument (back/east side)
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5. Dedication Plaque (south side of monument)
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6. Abraham Lincoln Statue (by Max Kalish)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 268 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 19, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
