This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lincoln Memorial, a Gift to the Nation and Lincoln Shrine
The Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park, begun 1914 on Lincoln’s birthday, stands as a marble monument to Abraham Lincoln with a colossal seated statue by Daniel Chester French. Its design links the Washington Monument and Capitol, featuring Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address tablets, colonnades, and a reflecting basin.
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Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Potomac Park
Washington Monument
Lincoln
Henry Bacon
New York
Gettysburg
Jules Guerin
Capitol
George Washington
Great Park
Potomac River
John Hay
Potomac
Memorial Hall
Temple
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Senate
Congress
William H. Taft
Joseph G. Cannon
George Peabody Whetmore
Samuel Walker McCall
Hernando D. Money
Champ Clark
Government Commission of Fine Arts
Joseph C. 8. Blackburn
Memorial Commission
Robert T. Lincoln
Arlington National Cemetery
Navy Department
Commission of Fine Arts