Overview

Chinese Government donates an Abraham Lincoln statue to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•United StatesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United StatesSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

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Commitment date: Jun 10, 2009

Start (actual): Jun 10, 2009

End (actual): Jun 10, 2009

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The project was a donation of a statue to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, located at 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL 62701. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/105482990

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

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Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

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Chinese Government donates an Abraham Lincoln statue to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

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On June 10, 2009, the Chinese Government donated a statue of Abraham Lincoln to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. The cast bronze statue, titled "Before the Day of Decisive Battle”, was 44 inches tall and weighed about 80 pounds and portrays Lincoln standing with his right foot planted on a rock and his coat blowing in the win; it was sculpted by Chinese artist Yuan Xikun, and the original of the sculpture was seven feet tall and housed in Beijing, China.