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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.
It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on May 30, 1922. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the main statue (Abraham Lincoln, 1920) was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. It is one of several monuments built to honor an American president.
There are four known photos taken by Alexander Gardner of Lincoln during the inauguration. Lincoln stands in the center, with papers in his hand, on the east front of the United States Capitol. March 6, 1865: Henry F. Warren Washington, D.C. The last known high-quality photograph of Lincoln alive, on a balcony at the White House. Two other ...
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 ...
Jules Guérin (November 18, 1866 – June 14, 1946) was an American muralist, architectural delineator, and illustrator.A painter and widely published magazine illustrator, he gained prominence for his architectural work such as in the 1906, Plan for Chicago, and for the large murals he painted in many well-known public structures such as the Lincoln Memorial.
The blue-tinted mural is named "Abraham Blue" to shed light on the fact that Lincoln suffered from bouts of severe depression during his lifetime. Artist Doug Leunig created the "Abraham Blue" piece.
Two of Highsmith's photographs have been chosen by the U.S. Postal Service to be featured on U.S. postage stamps: an image of the Jefferson Memorial (selected in 2002). [78] a tightly-cropped, black-and-white image of the statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial (issued 2014). [79] Inducted into the Minnehaha Academy Hall of Fame. [80]
Police in Martinez, California, are seeking a white man and woman who were filmed defacing a city-permitted Black Lives Matter street mural on Independence Day. The sign was not only approved by ...