• The Lincoln Memorial was authorized in 1911 and is located in Washington D.C. in Potomac Park on the east of the Potamac River.
• It was built in honor of Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) and is made of marble, granite, and limestone.
• It was designed by Henry Bacon in 1912 and resembles a classic Greek temple.
• It cost nearly $3 million to build (equal to more than $26 million in the mid- 1990's).
• Construction began in 1914, and was dedicated to Abraham Lincoln in 1922 on Lincoln's birthday, February 12.
• The 36 Doric columns represent the 36 states in the Union when Lincoln died in 1865, and the height of each column 44 feet.
• The Lincoln statue, which is 19 feet high, was designed by American sculptor Daniel Chester French.
• The statue assembles 28 blocks of Georgia marble and was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, a well known family of marble sculptors.
• This inscription is etched above the statue:  "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham in enshrined forever."

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Information found: "Lincoln Memorial" Microsoft Encarta Enclyclopedia CD-ROM 2000