Lino Photography

abraham lincoln’s statue inside the memorial

 “In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.”

this is the view of the memorial from the outside

The Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential memorial built to honor 16th President Abraham Lincoln. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin.

from another angle

The main influence on the style of the Lincoln Memorial was the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece.

the inside column of the memorial and the wall where famous speeches of lincoln are displayed

The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln.

do you still remember the Gettysburg address…”four score and seven years ago…”

The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

the lincoln memorial at night taken at the other end of the reflecting pool.