Ben Schmitt | Tribune-Review
Shown in 2019, the empty pedestal where the Lincoln statue once stood promoted the Go Fund Me campaign for a new one.
Sidney Davis | Tribune-Review
The Abraham Lincoln statue on Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg stands tall in this file photo from March 17, 2009.
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President Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Ky., would have been 212 years old Friday. Two years ago, when he was a mere 210, the Wilkinsburg Historical Society announced plans to raise $70,000 to build a bronze, life-size statue of the 16th president of the United States.