What makes the Lincoln Memorial so powerful is that it doesn't try to do too much. In effect, it says that he… — Susan Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings. — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
In all my shows, I'm not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
“Congress displayed contempt for the city's residents, yet it retained a fondness for buildings and parks. In 1900, the centennial of the… — Zachary M. Schrag Copy Share Image
“On Abraham Lincoln’s 106th birthday, February 12, 1915, as fighting raged in Europe and Germany prepared to begin its U-boat counter-blockade, workers… — Margaret E. Wagner Copy Share Image
On Inauguration Day I will be on the platform sitting on the steps behind President Barack Obama. I don't know how I'm… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“The famous speech Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, included the sentence:… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
“Einstein also became a supporter of racial tolerance. When Marian Anderson, the black contralto, came to Princeton for a concert in 1937,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of… — Yvette Clarke Copy Share Image
“Later that evening, a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, part of an always awkward effort to import pop culture to Washington, ended… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
When you're driving into D.C. as a young kid and you go over the Key Bridge and see the Lincoln Memorial, Washington… — Thomas Kail Copy Share Image
“I stared in awe at the Lincoln Memorial. If Honest Abe had come to life and somehow managed to lift his bony… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
If you go to the Lincoln Memorial, the Second Inaugural is probably the most religious speech ever given by an American President.… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
