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The 6 feet (1.8 m) tall bronze statue features
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Lincoln on June 2, 1909, wrote a letter thanking Otis Mather for constructing the statue in his father's honor.
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was the principal speaker. The statue was officially accepted for the commonwealth of
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is a historic statue in the
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It was placed on the
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The official dedication was on May 31, 1909. Lincoln's son
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