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Posted on Sep 15, 2025 / Travel

• The original 1893 statue was a giant plaster-and-gold centerpiece at the World’s Columbian Exposition.
• The current bronze replica is about 24 feet tall and was dedicated as a memorial in the 1910s.
• Daniel Chester French, who designed the piece, also sculpted the Lincoln Memorial’s figure of Lincoln.
• The statue stands on a Stony Creek granite pedestal and was part of broader efforts to preserve fair memory in Chicago parks.
• Its location marks the historic Court of Honor and basin area that once dominated the Exposition landscape.

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