The Lincoln Memorial: America’s
Gathering Place
http://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm
Abraham Lincoln
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008680969/resource/
Life: 1809 - 1865
President: 1860 - 1865
Civil War
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation
Proclamation
Lincoln Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/featurecontent/ncr/linc/interactive/deploy/index.htm#/panoramas
Lincoln Penny
Washington, D.C.
http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/upload/NACCmap1.pdf
• Located on the National Mall in
Washington, DC, the Lincoln Memorial
honors Abraham Lincoln, the 16th
President of the United States.
• Lincoln was President during the Civil War
(1861-65).
• The memorial, which was built between
1914 and 1922, symbolizes his belief that
all people should be free.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/lincoln.html
• The theme of the building represents the
Union or United States.
• The columns stand for the 36 states in the
Union at the time of Lincoln’s death.
• The names of the 48 states in the Union
(when the memorial was completed in
1922) are carved on the walls along the
outside of the memorial.
• A plaque honoring Alaska and Hawaii is in
the approach plaza.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/lincoln.html
• The chamber inside the memorial contains a
statue of Lincoln seated, facing the Washington
Monument and the Capitol.
• The statue of Lincoln is 19 feet high and weighs
175 tons.
• The chamber also houses two huge stone
tables, one engraved with Lincoln’s Second
Inaugural Address, and the other with the
Gettysburg Address.
• Two murals represent the principles of freedom,
justice, unity, brotherhood, and charity.
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http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/lincoln.html
First Amendment
• Congress shall make no
law respecting an
establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the
Government for a redress
of grievances.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/chart
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Racial Equality
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010651298/
• Marian Anderson
sings after not being
allowed to perform at
DAR Constitution Hall
because she was a
“singer of color”
• April 1939
• Sings “My Country
‘Tis of Thee” or
“America”
Civil Rights
http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=march+on+washington&fa=digitized%3Atrue&sp=1
“And this will be the day -- this will be
the day when all of God's children
will be able to sing with new
meaning:
My country 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died,
land of the Pilgrim's pride,
From every mountainside,
let freedom ring!
And if America is to be a great nation,
this must be true.”
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” on
August 28, 1963
Peace Marches
• Vietnam War Protest
• October 21, 1967
http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/civilian/1967b.htm
Anti-war Demonstrations
• Protesters against the
war in Iraq
• March 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/18/content_5862349.htm
Reflection
• The Lincoln Memorial honors one of
the United States’ greatest presidents.
• Lincoln believed in making life better
and protecting the rights of the
common man.
• This awe-inspiring memorial allows us
to reflect on what it means to be an
American.