by AVHC | Jan 6, 2021 | Events, Lincoln Statue Project, Patriot Freedom Festival, Patriot Salute, The Grotto, Volunteers
Happy New Year from everyone here at American Veterans’ Heritage Center. We canceled all of our major events in 2020 and are hopeful that we can bring them out of hiatus in 2021. First, we plan to celebrate the installation of the Lincoln Statue near the end of...
by AVHC | Jun 16, 2020 | Events, Lincoln Statue Project
Today, we moved the newly forged Abraham Lincoln Statue from Urbana to its temporary home at Copp Systems warehouse in Dayton Ohio. The Urbana Fire Department and Police department gave the statue a great sendoff. The motorcade included an official escort by the...
by AVHC | May 1, 2020 | Lincoln Statue Project
May 1, we went to the Coopermill Bronzeworks in Zanesville to pick up our Lincoln Statue in order to deliver it to the Studios of Mike Major.
by AVHC | Feb 11, 2020 | Lincoln Statue Project
Things are on schedule with the Lincoln Statue. We are getting closer to installing it on the grounds of the Dayton VA. Sculptor Mike Major says that the statue is now at the foundry, Coopermill Bronzeworks, in Zanesville. Here’s Mike’s update about what...
by AVHC | Dec 20, 2019 | Lincoln Statue Project
The Dayton Daily News published a nice article about the progress that we’ve made on the Lincoln Statue. There’s also a nice video interview with sculptor Mike Major. And, Mike sent some photos of the sculpture being disassembled for shipment to the...
by AVHC | Nov 5, 2019 | Dayton VA, Events, History, Lincoln Statue Project
AVHC and the Lincoln Society of Dayton are working with Mike Major to create a statue that will honor Abraham Lincoln’s founding of what is today’s Veterans Affairs. Learn more about this historic moment and how you can help. Learn more here. ...
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