Check Out Cheddar Lincoln on the National Mall

Cheese carver makes statue of Abraham Lincoln

Updated 7:15 PM EST, Thu, Jul 2, 2009

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WASHINGTON -- Cheese carver Troy Landwehr will put the finishing touches on his 6-foot-8-inch statue of Abraham Lincoln in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial Friday.

The finishing of the life-sized cheesy Lincoln will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Constitution Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets in northwest.

The statue is being carved from a 1,000-pound block of cheddar cheese. Landwehr has also done cheese carvings of Mount Rushmore and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which was made from a one-ton block of cheese.

The event is sponsored by Cheez-It.
 

First Published: Jul 2, 2009 6:00 PM EST

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