Noted: None have been given so prominent a place, however, as Abraham Lincoln, whose statue sits atop Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The statue is modeled on the original created by Adolph A. Weinman in Lincoln’s hometown in Kentucky and was commissioned by UW alumnus Richard Lloyd Jones. Many cities and universities hoped to receive the replica, but Jones won out. The statue was unveiled in 1909, 100 years after Lincoln’s birth. It’s become a campus landmark, as the above image shows, with students decorating Lincoln for homecoming.
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