Rhode Island City Unveils Sculpture Celebrating Campaign Stop by Abraham Lincoln

City officials in Woonsocket, Rhode Island have unveiled a 7-foot-tall sculpture commemorating a campaign stop by Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Lincoln was a private citizen at the time, but a national figure because of his prominent unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 1858. A local Republican businessman invited him. He spoke for about two hours at what was then known as Harris Institute Hall, which is now part of Woonsocket City Hall.