Officers Lincoln Society of Dayton
President: Teena Baldrige The Lincoln Society of Dayton unveiled a bronze statue of
Vice President: Alex Villalva Abraham Lincoln on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at the
Secretary: Regina Payne, Past President Old Court House in downtown Dayton, Ohio.
Treasurer: Brian Montgomery
Founder-Emeritus: Thomas C. Cecil This statue was a gift to the community to honor the 157th
Lincoln: Jim Crabtree anniversary of the speech Lincoln gave there on Saturday,
September 17, 1859, against the expansion of slavery.
Board Members
Glenn Costie, Past Vice President About the Sculptor
Edna Vanderkarr Mike Major, a nationally known sculptor from Urbana, Ohio,
Samuel and Ulla Black former student at the Dayton Art Institute and graduate of
Chuck Dickerson Pratt Institute, New York, created the Dayton Lincoln
Steven Solomon Monument and has created a second Lincoln Monument
to be unveiled on the grounds of the Dayton VA Medical Center.