Article: Local sculptor honors Lincoln Palatine artist's statue to be dedicated in former Confederate capital.(News)

Byline: Shruti Date Singh Daily Herald Staff Writer

A Palatine native and St. Viator High School alumnus has made his mark in bronze.

David Frech created a life-size sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln and his youngest son, Tad, which will be dedicated Saturday in Richmond, Va.

The bronze statue will commemorate Lincoln's arrival with his son to Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, on April 5, 1865. The day was the birthday of the president's youngest son and just two days after Union troops captured Richmond. Lincoln would be shot nine days later.

Frech, a freelance artist who now lives in New York, created the bronze statue ...

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