The Young Lincoln Statue depicts Abraham Lincoln seated on an oak log with an axe at his feet and a book by his knee, representing his discovery of manual labor and statesmanship. The inscription is a 1865 poem by James Russell Lowell praising Lincoln for embodying the spirit of the American West. The monument was intended to show how Americans had developed a unique identity and way of life separate from Europe and Asia. The statue was sculpted between 1920-1950 by British-born American Bryant Baker, who is known for his sculptures of famous Americans including five U.S. presidents.

1. Young Lincoln Statue
By: Angela Smith

2. The monuments
meaning:
Lincoln is seated on
an oak log with an axe
at his feet and a book
by his right knee. It
was the intention of
the sculptor to portray
Lincoln as he
discovered the axe of
manual labor and took
up the book of
statesmanship.

3. Inscription on monument:
“For him her old world moulds
aside she threw and choosing
sweet clay from the breast of the
exhausted west, with stuff
untainted shaped a hero new.”

4. Why the monument was built:
The inscription beneath the
monument was a poem written
by James Russell Lowell in
1865. The powerful words of the
inscription translate to the sense
of awe left behind by America's
most beloved president. The
monument reminds that
Americans have their own way of
living that is seperate from the
Old World of Europe, Africa, and
Asia. The Western World held a
plentiful bounty that Mother
Nature used to build Lincoln’s
indomitable spirit.

5. Who built the sculpture: The
sculpture was built by a man
named Bryant Baker, He built
the sculpture between 1920-
1950. He was a British born
American He sculpted a
bunch of famous americans.
Including five presidents
Abraham Lincoln “Young
Lincoln Statue” being one of
them.

6. Work cited:
- http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJMZ
-http://whatsnewbuffalo.com/post/36666414652/young-lincoln-statue-enter-
delaware-park-and-you
-https://www.loc.gov/item/99471727/
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Baker