'' Abraham Lincoln '' is a marble sculpture of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Irish artist Lot Flannery , located in front of the old District of Columbia City Hall in Washington , D.C. , United States . It was installed several blocks from Ford 's Theatre , where Lincoln was assassinated . Dedicated in 1868 on the third anniversary of Lincoln 's death , dignitaries at the unveiling ceremony included President Andrew Johnson and Generals Ulysses S. Grant , William Tecumseh Sherman and Winfield Scott Hancock . The statue has been removed and rededicated twice . The first rededication was in 1923 following an outpouring of support from citizens and a veterans group that the statue be restored . The second rededication took place in 2009 after a three-year remodeling of the old City Hall . The statue is the nation 's oldest extant memorial to the president . It previously stood on a column , but now rests on top of an octagonal base
Lincoln 's death
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (Flannery)