The Lincoln Memorial
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Starting
The Project
The
Lincoln Memorial has an interesting history. According to "Our States" by Anne
Stokely, the project was supposed to start in
1867,
but it didn't because of lack of funds (Our States n. pag.). The
project
finally started
in
1915. The Lincoln Memorial is located in Washington D.C. The reason for
this famous monument
was to represent freedom. Lincoln wanted equal rights for
everyone. He was the sixteenth president of the United
States. The Lincoln Memorial was finished in May, 1922. It took seven
years
to finish (Our States n. pag.).
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About This
Famous Rock
The
Memorial was made by
Henry Bacon (33). The Lincoln Memorial is 79 feet
10inches high and 60 feet
wide. The materials that were used in the making of it was different
kinds of marble, granite, limestone, brick, and concrete. Just the
sculpture of Lincoln was $88,400.00 (38). Colorado
marble is used in the
making of the Lincoln Memorial, 36 columns made of it. Each column made
of Colorado marble is 44 feet high (Britannica n. pag.)
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Dedication
There is an inscription carved over Lincoln's statue (16). In
1922, there was
a dedication to Abraham Lincoln. The dedication was the Lincoln
Memorial. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963,
said in his famous speech "I Have A Dream" on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial (Britannica n. pag.). There are many speeches carved on the
memorial, such as the
Gettysburg Address. It took 1 year to finish carving all the speeches
(Our
States n. pag.).
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Where
Is It Today? This famous monument is still
in Washington D.C. today. It still stands for freedom (Our
States n. pag.). It
stands for how Lincoln wanted to end slavery. Lincoln wanted justice
for all Americans (16). The Lincoln Memorial is very
famous.
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