LINCOLN SCULPTURE

The Focus of this memorial is              , Sculptur

french's Lincoln hatred for slavery made the already

Lincoln
strained relation between the northern and southern

PLACE OF states even more problematic

Throughout the civil war, Lincoln was the political

HISTORICAL
Memorial
leader for the Union and his leadership qualities
helped to preserve the United States to what it is
today.

MANISFESTATIONS sculpture of Lincoln, seated on a throne, stoically

looking east over the reflecting pool towards the
Washington Monument.

SC U L PTU R E DE TA I L S

UNITED STATES
The 36 columns are interpreted as representing
the 25 US states at the time of Lincolns Death, as
wel ad the 11 confederate states.

If you take a look above the columns, you will see

the name of states inscribed, in the order taht
each state jined the Union Along with the year of
their joining in Roman numerals.

The monument is built in honor of the 16th President of the

United States: Abraham Lincoln.
QUALITYS OF THIS PRESIDENT
He was very much self educated, reading every
It is only of several monuments built to honor an american
book he could get his hands on.
president, many regard this one as the very finest one.
Throughout the civil war, Lincoln was the political
All his life Lincoln searched the Union on people, maybe
leader for the Union and his leadership qualities
because of the man is built to honor of country.
                    helped to preserve the United States to what it is
today.
The building is heaviling inspired by the ancient Greek
Temple of Zeus, Because of Style and it is Centered around a
    
         
large statue of a man sitting on a throne, Zeus, in this case it's
Abraham Lincoln.
The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches,
including Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech,
delivered on August 28, 1963.
The first planning of constructing a memorial to lincoln
stared in two years after his assessination.
Lincoln rallied the public opinion through the
powerful rhetoric of his messages and speeches
Lincoln rallied the public opinion
through the powerful rhetoric of his In passing the thriteenth amendment which
messages and speeches permanently abolished slavery in the US
L I N CO L N M E M O R I A L I S TO DAY A V E RY P OP UL A R Inside the memorial, you can find some lincolns
PL AC E F O R V I SI TO R S . speeches inscribed on the walls, like his famous
speech at Gettysburg his second inaugural speech.
Lincoln memorial is today a very popular place for
visitors. Not only typical tourists, schools.