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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style and forms a classical temple. The memorial's architect was Henry Bacon.
Abraham Lincoln (1920) is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), sculpted by Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. Located in the Lincoln Memorial, constructed between 1914 and 1922 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the statue was unveiled ...
The first national memorial to Abraham Lincoln was the historic Lincoln Highway, the first road for the automobile across the United States of America, which was dedicated in 1913, predating the 1921 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., by nine years.
Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling that — for the moment — the monument to the nation’s 16th president is a work in progress. The spectrum of ...
Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial (1914–22), executed by the Piccirilli Brothers. [19] The Weaver, outside the Peace Dale Library in South Kingstown, Rhode Island (1919) [20] Marquis de Lafayette Memorial, on the perimeter of Prospect Park (Brooklyn), at 9th Street and Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New York City (1917)
L. USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln cent; Lincoln Depot Museum; Lincoln Dinner; Lincoln Heritage Trail; Lincoln Highway
A postcard captioned "Lincoln Statue" depicts the Emancipation Memorial circa 1900.. Harriet Hosmer proposed a grander monument than that suggested by Thomas Ball. Her design, which was ultimately deemed too expensive, posed Lincoln atop a tall central pillar flanked by smaller pillars topped with black Civil War soldiers and other figures.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. It is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular pool located on the National Mall , directly east of the Lincoln Memorial , with the World War II Memorial and Washington Monument to the east of the reflecting pool.