Hot Abraham Lincoln Statue

Hot Abraham Lincoln Statue

Updated Feb 21, 2019 at 04:00PM EST by Adam.

Added Feb 21, 2019 at 03:25PM EST by Adam.

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Hot Abraham Lincoln Statue refers to a statue of a shirtless Abraham Lincoln in the Los Angeles federal courthouse. Once the statue was publicized on Twitter in a tweet by user @MuseZack in February of 2019, many users made jokes about the statue in the form of puns and jokes.

Origin

The statue was created by James L. Hansen and installed in the Los Angeles federal courthouse in 1939.[2]

On February 20th, 2019, Twitter user @MuseZack[1] posted an image of the statue, writing "Reminder that the Los Angeles federal courthouse has a statue of Abraham Lincoln where he's a shirtless young stud suggestively tugging at his waistband like a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model." The tweet gained over 10,000 retweets and 48,000 likes (shown below).


Zack Stentz Follow Zack Reminder that the Los Angeles federal courthouse has a statue of Abraham Lincoln where he's a shirtless young stud suggestively tugging at his waistband like a Sports llustrated swimsuit model: 1:49 PM -20 Feb 2019

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In the ensuing thread, Twitter users began posting puns and jokes about the statue. User @NerdPyle tweeted "Honest Abs," a pun on Lincoln's nickname "Honest Abe," gaining over 270 retweets and 6,300 likes (shown below, left). User @AlecMacGillis tweeted "The Gettysburg Undress," a pun on Lincoln's famous "Gettysburg Address" speech (shown below, right).


Ned Pyleo @NerdPyle Replying to @MuseZack Honest Abs 3:20 PM-20 Feb 2019 Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis Replying to @MuseZack The Gettysburg Undress 2:52 PM - 20 Feb 2019

Twitter user @PKtje posted results to a google search for fanfiction about the statue, writing they'd found "a metric imperial fuckton of fanfiction about that shirtless Lincoln statue."[3] The jokes were covered by Twitter Moments,[4] BoingBoing,[5] and Time.[6]

Various Examples


David Roy Stewart @DavidRoyStewart Follow Replying to @MuseZack Amongst the lawyers at the courthouse it's considered good luck to tweak Honest Abe's n------. 2:10 PM - 20 Feb 2019 Zack Stentz @MuseZack Follow v My friend Jennifer found an old Life magazine article about the commissioning of the sexy Lincoln statue, complete with a photo of the equally study and shirtless sculptor. Jennifer Jordan @ediblememory Replying to @MuseZack Found it... 2:31 PM-20 Feb 2019 Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD Follow replace every confederate monument with a statue of Hot Lincoln Zack Stentz @MuseZack Reminder that the Los Angeles federal courthouse has a statue of Abraham Lincoln where he's a shirtless young stud suggestively tugging at his waistband like a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model: Show this thread 3:16 PM-20 Feb 2019 Oliver Willis @owillis Follow this fall on the cw: Linc. he's the fresh-faced senator from illinois with the six pack abs, and he's about to start a civil war at washington u. he'll "emancipate" as he un-adresses the student body. Linc, after Riverdale, this fall Zack Stentz @MuseZack Reminder that the Los Angeles federal courthouse has a statue of Abraham Lincoln where he's a shirtless young stud suggestively tugging at his waistband like a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model: Show this thread 4:11 PM -20 Feb 2019 Devin Flanigan @DevinFlanigan Follow v l've been obsessed with this Thirst Trap Lincoln since I first saw it, Glad to know more. Zack Stentz @MuseZack My friend Jennifer found an old Life magazine article about the commissioning of the sexy Lincoln statue, complete with a photo of the equally study and shirtless sculptor. twitter.com/ediblememory/s... Jamie Bernstein @UAJamie Follow Replying to @MuseZack We have a hot Lincoln statue in Chicago too!

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