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Huntington Statue in
New Salem State Park, Illinois

When you approach the entrance of New Salem State Park on Route 97, pause to see this heroic bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln on horseback. In 1963 the 14-foot work was donated to the state of Illinois by the famed sculptress Anna Hyatt Huntington and Carlton Smith of the National Arts Foundation.

Titled "On the Circuit," it represents Lincoln as a young lawyer, studying as he traveled. Duplicate castings appear in Lincoln City, Oregon, and Salzburg, Austria. A small equestrian Lincoln statue by Marshall Mitchell appears inside the Visitor Center at New Salem.

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