Kennedy Speaking at the Lincoln Statue, 1960

ID: 3909
This file appears in: The Lincoln Statue

Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech at the Lincoln Statue on September 6, 1960. The senator made four trips to Spokane in his 1960 run for the presidency. In this photograph looking at Kennedy, we see the back of the Lincoln Statue. Image courtesy of the Google Newspaper Archive.

This file appears in: The Lincoln Statue

By Allie Honican
President Herbert Hoover sent the telegram that unveiled the Lincoln Statue in 1930. Over 40,000 people gathered in Spokane on Armistice Day to view the bronze statue that many had contributed donations to help build. As early as 1922 the Lincoln…