Syracuse, New York: Lincoln, Reading on Horseback
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- Address:
- Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY
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- On the campus of Syracuse University, across from the southeast corner of the Carrier Dome.
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Lincoln, Reading on Horseback
Young Abe reads while his horse grazes, one of four identical copies of this bronze statue scattered across the country.
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Young Abe, a voracious reader, is depicted multitasking: his left hand holds the reins of his horse while his right hand holds the book that his nose is buried in. The horse is multitasking, too: walking while eating grass. Created by Anna Hyatt Huntington, the sculpture arrived at Syracuse University in 1974, six years after the installation of the school's Seated Lincoln statue.
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Identical copies of this statue are in Bethel, Connecticut; Petersburg, Illinois; and Lincoln City, Oregon.