Lincoln's friend, Joshua Fry Speed, who was present at the statue's
unveiling, said, "Shout after shout rent the air from that vast crowd;
but far more touching and tender was it there, among his friends and
neighbors, to see tears stream from the eyes of many."Mead Statue in
Springfield, Illinois
This bronze figure by Larkin Mead, the designer of Lincoln's tomb, stands high above the
tomb's entrance. It depicts President Lincoln with one hand grasping the
Emancipation Proclamation.
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