Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
from a grateful people
I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the States in Rebellion are and henceforth shall be free.
Let us here highly resolve that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
With malice towards none, with charity towards all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in.
Erected 1871.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • Government & Politics • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln series list.
Location. 39° 58.174′ N, 75° 11.067′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It is at the intersection of Kelly Drive and Sedgley Drive, on the right when traveling west on Kelly Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2912 Sedgley Dr, Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Abraham Lincoln (here, next to this marker); Fairmount Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Fairmount Water Works (within shouting distance of this marker); Getting to the Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Lloyd Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Henry Penn Burke (about 300 feet away); Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia (about 500 feet away); Silenus and the Infant Bacchus (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 284 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.




