Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, is a memorial
to United States President Abraham Lincoln.

The first stone of the Lincoln Memorial was put into  [LincolnMemorial.jpg]
place on Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1915 and
the monument was dedicated on May 30, 1922 attended    The Lincoln Memorial
by the former President's only surviving child, Robert Todd Lincoln.

The design of the memorial is modeled on that of a Greek temple; its 36
Doric columns represent the 36 states of the Union at the time of Lincoln's
death. The focus of the memorial is Daniel Chester French's sculpture of
Lincoln, seated.

The Gettysburg Address is inscribed on the south wall of the memorial, and
Lincoln's second inaugural address is inscribed on the north wall. Murals by
Jules Guerin show an angel, representing truth, freeing a slave (on the
north wall, above the Gettysburg Address), and the unity of the American
North and South (above the Second Inaugural Address).

Like the other monuments on the National Mall, the Lincoln Memorial is
The Daniel Chester French sculptureadministered by the National Park
Service. It is open to the public from 8 a.m. until midnight, except
December 25.

In 1939, the singer Marian Anderson was refused permission to perform at
Constitution Hall in Washington because of her skin color. Eleanor Roosevelt
arranged for Anderson to perform from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, to
a live audience of 70,000, and a nationwide radio audience.

On August 28, 1963, the monument grounds were the site of one of the
greatest political rallies in American history, the March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom which proved to be a high point of the US civil rights
movement. In front of the building, numerous speeches were given, including
Martin Luther King's greatest, "I Have A Dream".

The Lincoln Memorial is shown on the reverse of the United States penny.

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