We invite you to join us for a history tour program featuring President Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. May 30th was the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial (May 22, 1922)!
Our program will be an overview of Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy combined with an online/virtual tour of the Lincoln Memorial.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.
The Lincoln Memorial is a US national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the form of a neoclassical temple. The memorial's architect was Henry Bacon. The designer of the memorial interior's large central statue, Abraham Lincoln (1920), was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli brothers. The painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin, and the epitaph above the statue was written by Royal Cortissoz. Dedicated in May 1922, it is one of several memorials built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has sometimes been a symbolic center focused on race relations.
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. It is in the Lincoln Memorial (constructed 1914-1922), on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., United States, and was unveiled in 1922. The work follows in the Beaux Arts and American Renaissance style traditions.
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