Abraham Lincoln : his great funeral cortege, from Washington City to Springfield, Illinois : with a history and description of the National Lincoln Monument . llj •; 1 lip If ^—r r- . :^ / I-ll!. ;; ???i:| • 1 (Fig. 8.) ROUND PEDESTAL This is one of the four for the supjiort of the groupsof statuary, and is situated at the southwest corner ofthe monument, showing that ]-)art of it above the Ter-race. The tablets are all of the same size, but thepedestal being round, as it recedes, Missouri, on the 152 THE GEEAT FUNEEAL CORTEGE, riglit, and Illinois, on the left, are apparently dimin-ished in w
Abraham Lincoln : his great funeral cortege, from Washington City to Springfield, Illinois : with a history and description of the National Lincoln Monument . llj •; 1 lip If ^—r r- . :^ / I-ll!. ;; ???i:| • 1 (Fig. 8.) ROUND PEDESTAL This is one of the four for the supjiort of the groupsof statuary, and is situated at the southwest corner ofthe monument, showing that ]-)art of it above the Ter-race. The tablets are all of the same size, but thepedestal being round, as it recedes, Missouri, on the 152 THE GEEAT FUNEEAL CORTEGE, riglit, and Illinois, on the left, are apparently dimin-ished in width. The left edge of the tablet—111.—forms the inside of the corner, as it joins the sqnarebase of the obelisk, which brings Mississippi on astraight surface. The bands or links connecting thetablets are well (Fig. 9.) U. S. COAT OF ARMS, The statue of Mr. Lincoln will stand, as previouslydescribed, on a pedestal projecting from the south sideof the obelisk, seven, feet above the four pedestal for the statue of Lincoln is to have theUnited States coat of arms, in bronze, sunk in a recesson its front. The coat of arms, as shown in Figure 9,is somewhat modified, and is in bas relief. It will be observed that the shield, with part of the AND THE XATIOXAT. LINCOLN MONUMENT. 153 stars obscured, supports the American Ea^^le. Theolive branch on the ground shows, that liaviug beentendered until it was spurned l)y the rebels, it wasthen cast under foot. Then the conflict began, andraged until the cljain of shivery was torn asunder, onepart remaining grasped in tiie talons of the eagle, andthe other held aU)ft in his beak. The coat of arms,in the position it occuj)ies on the monument, is intendedto typity the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Lin-coln, on the pedestal above it, ma
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