The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . ^-/J> -<// RIBUNE-SUN, Son Diego, California, Wednesday, February Resting Place of Martyred President ? 0A f:-:. This Lincoln memorial at Springfield, 111., was completed , 1874, at a cost of $200,000. The base forms the tomb. Above it,the spire rises 100 feet. Bronze figures on the base include that ofLincoln, his family and others representing armed forces of the na-tion. Recently, a bronze head of Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum, thenoted sculptor, was added to the memorial. The monument wasremodeled in 1930 and, in 1931, was rededicated by Presi

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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . ^-/J> -<// RIBUNE-SUN, Son Diego, California, Wednesday, February Resting Place of Martyred President ? 0A f:-:. This Lincoln memorial at Springfield, 111., was completed , 1874, at a cost of $200,000. The base forms the tomb. Above it,the spire rises 100 feet. Bronze figures on the base include that ofLincoln, his family and others representing armed forces of the na-tion. Recently, a bronze head of Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum, thenoted sculptor, was added to the memorial. The monument wasremodeled in 1930 and, in 1931, was rededicated by President Her-bert Hoover. Tribune-Sun photograph by Harry T. Bishop. (OtherLincoln news on Page 10-A.)

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