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Lincoln unveiled

The Honorable Bruce D. Stewart, Presiding Justice of the Fifth District Appellate Court in Mt. Vernon, applauds as the statue of the nation's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is unveiled during a ceremony on the Appellate Court lawn Thursday afternoon. The Mt. Vernon Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Committee, spearheaded by Mark Hassakis, center, commissioned artist Alan Cottrill to complete the statue.