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  2. Statue of Abraham Lincoln (District of Columbia City Hall)

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    Abraham Lincoln is a marble sculpture of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Irish artist Lot Flannery, located in front of the old District of Columbia City Hall in Washington, D.C., United States. The statue is the nation's oldest extant memorial to the president and was installed several blocks from Ford's Theatre , where Lincoln was assassinated.

  3. Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Lincoln Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The first public memorial to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., was a statue by Lot Flannery erected in front of the District of Columbia City Hall in 1868, three years after Lincoln's assassination in Ford’s Theatre. [5] [6] Demands for a fitting national memorial had been voiced since the time of Lincoln's death.

  5. Ford's Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863.The theater is best known for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where Lincoln was watching a performance of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, slipped the single-shot, 5.87-inch derringer from his pocket and fired at ...

  6. Washington National Cathedral moves toward healing by ...

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    Built over 83 years of 150,000 tons of Indiana limestone, the Gothic Cathedral has 231 stained-glass windows, among other extraordinary art and architectural features.

  7. Architecture of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Three iconic, classically inspired American landmarks on the National Mall illuminated at night: the Lincoln Memorial (forefront), the Washington Monument, and the United States Capitol (background) Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, [1] has a unique and diverse architectural history. Encompassing government, monumental ...

  8. Petersen House - Wikipedia

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    Since 1933, the National Park Service has maintained Petersen House as a historical museum, recreating the scene at the time of Lincoln's death. The bed that Lincoln occupied and other items from the bedroom had been bought by Chicago collector Charles F. Gunther, and are now owned by and on display at the Chicago History Museum.

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