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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920 ...
Lincoln's name and image appear in numerous other places, such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and Lincoln's sculpture on Mount Rushmore, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky, [9] Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City, Indiana, [10] Lincoln's New Salem, Illinois, [11] and Lincoln ...
Indiana State Monument (1971) Lincoln Address Memorial, Gettysburn National Cemetery designed by Louis Henrick 1912 Bust of bust of Abraham Lincoln, by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown 1912; New York State Monument (1893) New York Auxiliary State Monument (1925) Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, 1914 also includes several portrait statues,
National memorial is a designation in the United States for an officially recognized area that memorializes a historic person or event. [1] As of September 2020 the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, owns and administers thirty-one memorials as official units and provides assistance for five more, known as affiliated areas, that are operated by other ...
Emancipation Memorial: Washington, D.C. in Lincoln Park, and 1879 Boston replica: 1876 Thomas Ball: Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park: Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville Waterfront Park. 2009 Ed Hamilton: Lincoln the Lawyer: Urbana, Illinois. Carle Park 1927 Lorado Taft: Lincoln the Mystic: Jersey City, New Jersey. Lincoln Park. 1929 James ...
The Memorial's walls point to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, thus bringing the Memorial into the historical context of our country. The names are inscribed in the chronological order of their dates of casualty, showing the war as a series of individual human sacrifices and giving each name a special place in history.
Statues of Abraham Lincoln in the United States (36 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials to Abraham Lincoln in the United States" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
National Memorials in the United States are designated by Congress. Most are administered or affiliated with the National Park Service. Some, such as the Lincoln Memorial, do not have the word "National" in their official names. Some privately owned memorials use "national" in their names, but have not been authorized by Congress.