Lincoln Monument – Calton Burial Ground

Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH7 5AA

This cemetery contains the only monument to Abraham Lincoln outside the United States and commemorates Scottish-American soldiers killed in the Civil War.  Its purpose was to memorialize six Scottish soldiers who had fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War and celebrate the emancipation legacy of Abraham Lincoln.  As reported in the Scotsman on Monday, August 21, 1893, the striking status was unveiled by U.S. Consul Wallace Bruce, accompanied by a band that played the “U.S. National Anthem,” “Rule Britannia,” “Hail Caledonia!” and “Auld Lang Syne.”