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''Lincoln the Lawyer'', also known as ''The Young Circuit Lawyer'', ''Young Lincoln'' or simply ''Abraham Lincoln'' is a Lorado Taft sculpture now located on the 1000 block of Race Street, Urbana, Illinois across from Urbana High School in Carle Park. The statue was dedicated by Taft on July 3, 1927. It was moved to the eastern entrance of Carle Park on December 4, 1927, when it was first placed on a pedestal facing due east. Taft requested a slightly different placement, facing southeast, and the statue was moved about 20 feet north to the present site in December 1955. It was restored in 2003, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 2004.〔(National Register of Historic Places Nomination )〕 Lincoln had ridden as a circuit lawyer on the 8th Judicial Circuit through Urbana from 1837-1848. The statue was paid for by a bequest of Mrs. J.O. Cunningham who, with her husband, had been friends of Lincoln since his time as a circuit lawyer. The bequest of $10,000 was funded by the sale of her house on nearby Green Street. This amount was less than half of Taft's usual commission for work in bronze, but he may have accepted the commission because of his close ties to the community. He had been raised in nearby Champaign.〔 File:Snowfall on Carle Park, Urbana, IL, 2004-12-26.jpg|Carle Park, December 2004 File:Tafts Lincoln the Lawyer.JPG|June 2010 File:Honest Abe Lincoln.JPG ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lincoln the Lawyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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