Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park

The sculpture of him is bareheaded, seated on a rock with an open law book in one hand and the other in an outstretched, welcoming gesture.

[3] The statue and its accompanying bas-relief historical panels were created by American sculptor Ed Hamilton.

[4] In 2009 Ed Hamilton completed work on his sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.

"[6] The interpretative bas reliefs of the history of slavery created by Ed Hamilton are part of the Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park.

The third panel's theme is Lincoln's growing political and social awareness, and the fourth and final relief shows seven slaves shackled together, with text quoting how Lincoln grew to hate slavery after witnessing slaves loaded onto a boat in Louisville.

[7] Hamilton also designed and created one of the African-American Civil War monuments in Washington, D.C.,[9] and a Lincoln statue at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.