Columbia's Noblest Sons

Columbia is holding laurel wreaths over the heads of Washington and Lincoln. Scenes flanking Washington depict the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, and Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. Lincoln is flanked by the firing on Fort Sumter, an ironclad depicting "progress," and his April 1865 arrival in the conquered Confederate capital of Richmond. Note Columbia's foot on the prostrate British lion.Following the assassination, Lincoln takes his place among other American icons