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r to o r Va O qI Statues of Abraham Lincoln Andrew Jumonville Excerpts from newspapers and other sources From the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection 7/. SL009 0<$S OZ 8*H Illinois Wesleyan: IWULends Talentto Lincoln Statue Dedication http://www.iwu.edu/CurrentNews/newsreleaseslO/fea_LincolnStatue... atl—mmmmmmmaSSZmm News « IWULendsTalenttoLincolnStatueDedication 9 NewsArchives « October11, 2010 News Releases2011 . JS&jj News Releases 2010 « aBtLtOhOeMdIedNiGcaTtOioNn,ofIIIa.-sTthateueIllcionomismeWmeosrlaetyianngUAnibvrerashiatymCLoilnlceoglina'stetiCehsoitorwillperform News Releases 2009 Bloomington-Normal. Theeventwillbeheldatthe BloomingtonCenterforthe Jb_L'* News Releases 2008 PerformingArts(600 N. EastSt., Bloomington)onSaturday, Oct. 23at 10a.m. News Releases2007 Michael Burlingame, LincolnscholarandauthorofAbraham Lincoln:ALife, will News Releases2006 givethekeynoteaddressatthededication. Thiseventisfreeandopentothe News Releases2005 public. Campus Events TheIWUCollegiateChoir, directed by ProfessorofMusicJ. Scott Ferguson, will IntheNews perform 19thcenturyprotestsongs. IWUPresidentRichard F. Wilsonwillread ThePhotosPage excerptsfromLincoln'sworks. Soundsand Sights Thestatue, commissionedbytheAbraham LincolnBicentennialCommissionofMcLeanCounty, featuresalife-size Research &CreativeActivity depictionofLincolnand hiscloseadvisorsJesseFellandJudgeDavid Davis. LocalMedia BloomingtonsculptorAndrewJumonvillecreatedthework, titled"ConvergenceofPurpose." Thesculpturewillbe UniversityWriting Guide placedintherecentlyrenamed LincolnPark, infrontofthe BloomingtonCenterforthe PerformingArts. OurStaff ForadditionalinformationontheMcLeanCountyAbrahamLincolnBicentennialCommission, visittheirwebsiteat Sports www.mclincoln.org. Publications&Printing Contact:Hannah Griffin '12, (309) 556-3181 IWU Magazine QuickLinks Informationfor... ProspectiveStudents New Students CurrentStudents Parents&Visitors Alumni & Friends Faculty&Staff IllinoisWesleyanUniversity1312ParkStreetBloomington,IL61701(309)556-1000 StatementsofAccreditationandNon-discrimination|DisclaimerofContentAllimagesandcontentcopyright2010-11IllinoisWesleyanUniversity PM 11/7/2011 1:36 Lincoln-Fell-Davis statue unveiled inBloomington http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/lincoln-fell-davis-statue-unvei. PANTOGRAPH. Lincoln-Fell-Davis statue unveiled in Bloomington By EdithBrady-Lunny [email protected] Posted: Saturday, October23, 2010 8:36 pm | | BLOOMINGTON - A statue depictingthe friendship betweenAbrahamLincolnandhis McLeanCountyfriends Jesse Fell and David Davis was unveiled inarain-soakedceremony Saturdayinthe city's newlynamed LincolnPark. BloomingtonsculptorAndrew Jumonville's worktitled"Convergence ofPurpose" portrays Lincolnengaged inconversation withFell and Davis, twomenwhoplayed acentral role inhis rise tothepresidency. Jumonville attendedthe eventwithhis family. LincolnscholarMichael Burlingame, authorof"AbrahamLincoln: A life," was the keynote speaker forthe dedication ceremony. Inhis speechatthe neighboringBloomingtonCenterforthe PerformingArts, Burlingame toldthe audience thatFell urgedLincolnto forge aheadwithhis political careerdespite a loss forthe Illinois Senate. Atriptothe EastCoastinwhich Lincolnwas mentioned inpolitical circles convinced Fell thatthe Illinois lawyerwas qualified forthe national stage, said Burlingame. Judge Davis was one ofLincoln's closestfriends andadvisors. "Lincolnknew whatthings shouldbe done. Davis knew how theyshouldbe done," saidthe author. Bob Lenz, vice chairmanofthe AbrahamLincolnBicentennial CommissionofMcLeanCounty, said Saturday's speechwas the firstina series ofappearances byLincolnscholars planned forthe TwinCities. The public's devotionto the 16thpresident will remainstronglongafterthe close ofevents markinglastyear's bicentennial ofhis birth, said Lenz. "Lincolnis sucha dominantpersoninAmericanhistory. The interest inhis life is certainlynotdiminishing," saidLenz, who serves onthe commissionchairedbyJohnKrueger. 11/7/2011 1:37PIS Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library http://archive.org/details/statuesofabrahajlinc