Visit Bind Up The Nation's Wounds Site, Richmond, Virginia

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The life-sized statue of President Lincoln and son Tad at the National Park Service's Richmond National Battlefield Visitor Center, Richmond (VA). It commemorates Lincoln's only visit to the city on April 4-5, 1865. The words on the granite wall behind the statue "To bind up the nation's wounds" were taken from Lincoln's second inaugural speech in March 1865. The statue was commissioned by the U.S. Historical Society, which donated it to the National Park Service. It was created by David Frech; the granite wall was designed by architect Douglas Harnsberger. Dedicated on April 5, 2003 (the 138th anniversary of Lincoln's visit to Richmond), the statue is located at the former site of the Tredegar Ironworks, where Confederate materials were forged during the Civil War.

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