The Lincoln Memorial Was Going To Be Flashier Than It Is
It comes as no surprise to learn that the assassination of the 16th President of the United States came with demands to memorialize him in a grand manner. Two years after his passing, the Congress worked to commission a monument as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. The groundbreaking happened nearly fifty years later and it took another ten years for its completion. The original plans included 31 pedestrian statues, 6 equestrian statues, and a huge statue of the man himself. When it was completed in 1922, the reflection pool between the site and the Washington Monument was still a work in progress.
The Lincoln Memorial Was Going To Be Flashier Than It Is
It’s Now A Site For The Nation’s Most Important Movements
The memorial has inscriptions of selected excerpts from Lincoln’s two most famous speeches: his Second Inaugural Address as well as the Gettysburg Address. He is pretty much considered a “Savior of the Union” and this site has appropriately been chosen as the venue of speeches and protests over the years.
The Lincoln Memorial is inscribed with excerpts from two of Lincoln’s most famous speeches: The Gettysburg Address and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. He is largely regarded as a “Savior of the Union,” so it’s only right that the monument has served as a site for many protests and speeches throughout the years. The most prominent historical event to have taken place here is none other than MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech back in 1963.
It’s Now A Site For The Nation’s Most Important Movements
