Administered by Rogers University Rogers State College Foundation 1701 West Will Rogers Boulevard Claremore Oklahoma 74018
Located Rogers University Library & Health Sciences Buildings Claremore Oklahoma 74018
Date:
Dedicated June 21, 1992
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
Image on file.
Tulsa World, June 19, 1992, Sect. C, pg. 8.
(On lower right rear:) Yon Sim Pak (sic) (Incised on plinth, front:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Incised on plinth, rear:) DEDICATED IN THE SPIRIT OF EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY/JUNE 19, 1992 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length statue of Abraham Lincoln stands on what appears to be a landscape littered with battle debris. Lincoln wears a Civil War-era suit and a cloak. His proper right hand is extended, palm down and he holds a Bible to his chest in his proper left hand. An open broken shackle hangs over his proper left hand. Four cherubs fly behind him, unfurling a drape which they hold horizontally. One cherub holds a torch, another an olive branch and another blows a trumpet. An eagle in flight holds up the middle of the cloak in its beak. Battlefield debris includes human skulls and bones, broken wheels, cannon balls, shackles, sabres, a crushed bugle with the word "Confederate" written on its bell and a Confederate flag shot full of holes. A cross bearing the inscription "Unknown Soldier" is planted by Lincoln's proper right foot.
