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It’s been over ten years since we spent a day touring the many monuments and memorials in Washington DC while on a road trip to visit family in South Carolina. We’d purchased tickets for a hop on and off bus, after stopping at the Jefferson and FDR Memorials, we took the bus to the Lincoln Memorial.
The Lincoln Memorial was built to honor Abraham Lincoln in 1922. It is across from the Washington Monument in the National Mall. Fifty-seven years after the Civil War ended and Lincoln was assassinated, this memorial was dedicated to the 16th president of the United States.
The memorial features a Greek temple design, a 19 foot statue of Lincoln and inscriptions of his famous Gettysburg Address on the walls. Because of Lincoln’s role in abolishing slavery, the memorial became a symbolic location for the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr delivered his ‘I have a dream’ speech here in 1963.
Because we visited in the afternoon, it was quite crowded. But it was still moving to read some of the inscriptions and gaze upon the Washington Monument across the pool.
Location: 2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20037
Designation: National Memorial
Date designation declared: 5/30/1922
Date of my visit: November 7, 2007
Thanks Theresa. It’s always wonderful to see photos like these and reflect on the grandeur of the monuments in Washington DC. They can make us forget the craziness and ineptitude of some of the people (especially one) running the government now and that the wonderful model developed by the Founding Fathers transcends any particular time and group. Thanks for providing this perspective.
Thanks Don! Yes, visiting the memorials to the greats gives hope that what we are experiencing now is just a blip on the radar. That things will be ok again.
The reflected images in the water are simply gorgeous.
Thanks!😊
Beautiful shot of the Lincoln Memotial with the reflection.
Thanks so much 😊
I haven’t been to DC since I was very little. I’m due for another trip! Great pictures, thanks for sharing them.
Thanks! We need to go back, too, but would like for the current white house occupant to leave first 🙂
Good idea to use a hop on hop bus to se the major sights in D.C. We will have to try that.
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I live 15 miles away. I never get tired of seeing the place.
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My visit there was more than 10 years ago, but I still have vivid memories of this remarkable monument.
DC is a great city to explore!
I hope to make it back one day.
Me too!
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