WASHINGTON, D. C. east and west sides is 256 feet 10 inches long and 187 feet long on the north and south sides. The walls of the Memorial WASHINGTON, D. C are enclosed by a continuous colonnade 188 feet 4 inches long and 118 feet 6 inches Had Lincoln been an ordinary ruler— Congress for such a monument, or me­ wide. The 38 columns in the colonnade, even an ordinary hero—an ordinary morial, was made in December 1901. t i LLOVi <. OUNI RYMEN AT THIS SECOND AND THE OTHER WOULD ACCEPT WAR RATHER IF Wl SHALL SUPPOSi IHAI AMERICAN including the two standing in the entrance, \m KRING rOTAKI THE OATH Of TH! PRES- THAN LET IT PERISH AND HIE WAR CAM! - SLAVERY IS ONI Ol THOSI OFI I NSi S are 44 feet high, 7 feet 5 inches in diameter monument would have sufficed and doubt­ Numerous additional efforts were made in IDENT1A1 OFFICE l"HERi IS 1 CSS OCCASION ONE EIGHTH OF THE WHOI E POPULATION WERI WHICH IN THE PROVIDENC I OF GOD Ml SI less would have been built quickly. More the following years, but it was not until FOR AN EXTENDED ADDRESS THAN l"HERE COLORED SLAVES NOT DISTRIBUTED GENERAL­ NEEDS COM! BUI WHICH HAVING CON­ at the base, and the shafts are composed of WAS AT IHL FIRST THIN A STATEMENT LY OVER THE UNION BUI LOCALIZED IN I III TINUED THROUGH HIS APPOINTED TIM! HI 11 drums each. than half a century elapsed before a fitting February 1911, with the passage of a bill SOMEWHAT IN DETAIL OF A COURSE PC Bi SOUTHERN PART Of IT-THESE SLAVES CONSTI­ NOW WILLS IO REMOV1 AND THAI HI memorial was dedicated to this simple, "To provide a Commission to secure PURSUED SEEMED FITTING AND PROPER TUTED A PECULIAR AND POWERFUI INTEREST- GIVES TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH I His Greek Ionic columns 50 feet high and NOW Al THE EXPIRATION Of FOUR YEARS ALI KNEW THAT THIS INTEREST WAS SOMEHOW TERRIBLE WAR AS THI WOE DUI TO THOSE BY 5 feet 6 inches in diameter at the base heroic man whose name has penetrated to plans and designs for a Monument or DURING WHICH PUBLIC DECLARATIONS THE CAUSE OF THE WAR-TO STRENGTHEN PER­ WHOM THE OFFENSE CAMI SHAL1 Wl DIS­ the ends of the earth and is universally Memorial to the memory of Abraham HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLT CALLED FORTH PETUATE AND EXTEND THIS INTERES1 WAS THI CERN THEREIN ANY DEPARTURI FROM divide the interior of the Memorial into ON E\ ERT POINT AND PHASE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH THE INSURGENTS WOULD THOSE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHICH ! HI three chambers. The walls of the interior called to mind with reverence and hope Lincoln," that these efforts were crowned I ONTEST WHICH STILL ABSORBS THE AT­ REND THE UNION EVEN BY WAR WHILE I HI GOV­ BELIEVERS IN A LIVING GOD ALWAYS Asc RiBI wherever aspiration kindles the heart of with success. TENTION AND ENGROSSES THE ENERGIES ERNMENT CLAIMED NO RICH I TO DO MORE TO HIM.FONDLY DO WE HOPI -FERVENTLY are Indiana limestone, and the ceiling, Ol THE NATION LITTLE THAT IS NEW THAN TO RESTRICT THE IERRMORIAL ENLARGE­ DO WE PRAY-THAT HIES MICH I Y SCOURGI which is 60 feet above the finished floor, youth or tyranny oppresses mankind. The Commission created by the act GOUT) BE PRESENTED • THE PROGRESS OE MENT OF IT-NEITHER PARTS EXPECTED FOR Of WAR MAY SPEEDILY PASS AWAY • hi IF The Memorial, neither palace nor temple held its first meeting on March 4, 1911. OCR ARMS UPON WHICH All El SE CHIEIIY THF WAR THE MAGNITUDE OR III! DURATION GOD WILLS THAT IT CONTINUI UNT1I ALI is designed with bronze girders orna­ DEPENDS IS AS WELL KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC WHICH IT HAS ALREADY Al IAIN! I) • NEITHER THI- WEALTH PILED BY I HI BONDSMAN'S mented with laurel and pine leaves. The nor tomb but partaking of the nature of At its tenth meeting on February 3, 1912, AS TO MYSELF AND IE IS I TRUST REASON- ANTTC1FATED I HAT fill CAUSE Ol III! CONFLK I TWO HUNDRED AND HI 1Y YEARS Ol UN­ all, seems to gather within its marble walls the Commission decided to locate the ABES SATISFACTORY AND ENCOURAGING TO MIGHI (EASE WITH OK FVEN RIIORf III! CON­ REQUITED TOIL SHALI Bl SUNK AM) panels between the girders are of Alabama ALLWiTH HIGH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE NO FLICT USUI SHOULD CTASI - ! AC H LOOKED FOR UNTII EVERY DROP OF BLOOD DRAWN Willi marble saturated with melted beeswax to the very essence of his upright character Memorial in Potomac Park on the axis PREDICTION IN REGARD TO IT IS VENTURED AN I AMIR TRIUMPH AND A Rl SUl I LESS FUN- 1111 LASH SHAH BF PAH) BY ANOTHER steeped in tolerance and the belief that of the Capitol and the Washington Monu­ ON THE OCCASION CORRESPONDING IO DAMEN1AI AND ASTOUNDING • BOTH READ HIE DRAWN WITH IHI SWORD ASWAN SAID I MRU produce translucency. The interior floor THIS FOUR YEARS AGO AIL THOUGHTS WERE SAME MM I AND PRAY IO Mil SAMI GOD AND THOUSAND YEARS AGO so STIL1 II MUSI all people should be free—free to think, ment, as recommended by the Commission ANXIOUSLY DIRECTED TO AN IMPENDING IACH INVOKES HIS AID AGAINST IHI OTHER- Bl SAID "IHI JUDGMENTS Ol Ml I ORD and the wall base are of pink Tennessee free to express themselves, and free to of Fine Arts. After viewing designs pre­ C IVIl WAR' ALL DREADED IT-ALL SOUGHT IT MAY SEEM STRANGE E HAT ANY MEN SHOULD ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ALTOGETHER* marble. The central chamber, contain­ TO AVERT IT • Wllllf THE INAUGURA1 AD­ PARI TO ASK A JUS I GOD'S ASSISTANI 1 IN WITH MAUCI HOWARD NONE WITH CHARITY apply themselves to various enterprises. pared at its invitation by Henry Bacon DRESS WAS BUNG DELIVERED 1ROM THh WRINGING THEIR BREAD FROM THE SWEAT Ol FOR ALI WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT AS ing the Lincoln Statue, is 60 feet wide and PI AC i DEVOTED Al lOol IHER TO SAVING OTHER MEN'S (ACES BUT LET US JUDGE NOl GOD GIVES US TO SE1 THI RIGHT LET Us 74 feet deep. The side chambers are and , architects of New THE UNION WITHOUT WAR INSURGENT THAT WF BE NOT JUDGED-THE PRAYERS Of BOTH STRIVE ON TO FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN each 63 feet wide and 38 feet deep. Inception and History York, the Commission at its fourteenth AGENTS WERE IN THE CITY SEEKING TO DL- COULD NOT Bl ANSWERED-THAT Ol NEITHER TO BIND UP THE NATION'S WO I NDSTOC \RJ meeting selected Henry Bacon to prepare SIROY IT WITHOU1 WAR-SEEKING TO DIS- HAS BEEN ANSWERED FU11YTHI ALMIGHTY HYR HIM WHO SHAH HAVE BORNI THE BAT­ The two tripods on the two buttresses OLVI Till UNION AND DIVIDI EFFECTS BY HAS HIS OWN PURPOSIv WO! UNTO IHI WORD) TLE AND FOR HIS WIDOW AND HIS ORPHAN The first concerted effort looking to the a final design, which Congress approved EGOTIATION • BOTH PARTUS DEPRECATED BECAUSI Ol OFFENSES FOR II MUSI NEEDS Bl HO DO AH WHICH MAY ACHIEVE AND CHI flanking the steps leading up to the January 29, 1913. Ground was broken XAR Bl I ONI OE HUM WOULD MAKI WAR THAT OFFENSES COME BUI WOE TO IHAI MAN ISH A JUST AND LASTING HE AC L AMONC entrance to the Memorial are each 11 feet erection in Washington of a monument AIH1RTHAN If I THE NA1 ION SURVIVE BY WHOM HIE OFFENSE GOMI TH-" OURSELVES AND WITH ALI NATIONS- in honor of appears to for the foundations of the Memorial on high. Each is cut from a single block of have been made about 2 years after his February 12, 1914, and the cornerstone pink Tennessee marble. The carving death by an act of Congress, approved was laid February 12, 1915. At sub­ upon them was done by Piccirrilli Brothers March 29, 1867, which incorporated the sequent meetings, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address—North Wall of the Memorial. of . The decorative carving Lincoln Monument Association. An was selected as sculptor for the Lincoln on the stonework of the building was appeal for subscriptions was sent out. statue, and Jules Guerin as architect to executed by Ernest C. Bairstow, of Washington, D. C. Plans were submitted, but no practical design and execute the murals for the end The Architecture tuary containing three memorials to There are some architectural refine­ The Building results appear to have been accomplished walls and the ornamentation on the bronze The exterior of the Memorial symbol­ Abraham Lincoln. The place of honor ments not common in modern buildings. The foundations of the Memorial rest from this legislation. ceiling beams. The Memorial was dedi­ izes the Union of the United States of is occupied by a colossal marble statue of The columns are not vertical, but are upon bedrock from 44 to 65 feet below The Statue The next effort to secure authority from cated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1922. America. Surrounding the walls of the the man himself, facing the Washington slightly tilted inward toward the building, the original grade. The superstructure Memorial Hall is a colonnade of the States Monument and the Capitol. On the north and the tilt of the corner columns is even of white Colorado- is approxi­ The outstanding feature of the Memorial UNITED STATES of the Union, the frieze above it bearing wall to the right of the central space where more exaggerated. The outside face above mately 80 feet high and rests on a base is the statue of Abraham Lincoln (cover) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the names of the 36 States existing at the the statue is placed, and separated from it the columns is also inclined inward, but composed of three immense marble steps. designed and modeled by Daniel Chester Douglas McKay, Secretary time of Lincoln's death. On the attic by a row of columns, is inscribed Lincoln's less than the columns. The wall of the Masonry approaches from the direction French. It is placed in the central hall of the Memorial where, by virtue of its impos­ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE walls above the colonnade are inscribed Second Inaugural Address. Similarly, on Memorial Hall inclines inward least of all. of the Washington Monument and the Washington Monument and Capitol from ing position in the place of honor, it pre­ Conrad L. Wirth, Director the names of the 48 States existing today. the south wall the Gettysburg Speech is This was done to avoid the optical Capitol ascend a terrace retained by a south colonnade of Lincoln Memorial. NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS These walls and columns enclose the sanc­ memorialized. illusion of bulging at the top. 14-foot granite wall. This wall on the dominates. The statue represents Lincoln York, where it was also worked on by Mr. French personally. Some 6 years were devoted to the creation and execution of this work. The statue rests upon an ! i >UR S< (>IU AND SI VEN T I \p oblong pedestal of Tennessee marble 10 AGO OUR FATHI RS BR( >UGH 1 FORTH i >N nils CON! INI Nl A Nl W NAM l< )N feet high, 16 feet wide, and 17 feet deep, i ON( i |V| n IN LIBI ! I '. AND I >l I >l< A which in turn rests upon a platform of IIP TO i HI PROPOSI HON I HAi Al I Ml N ARI CREATED EOJJAI Tennessee marble. On the wall above the NOW Wi ARI I NCAGI I) IN A GREAT statue is the inscription: "In this temple as ( IN II WAR rESTING Will I III R I HAI in the hearts of the people for whom he NATION OR ANY NATION SO CON- ( EIV1 D ANN S< ' DEDK ATED < AN LONG saved the Union the memory of Abraham I NDURI • Wi ARI Mil ON A OKI A! Lincoln is enshrined forever." BAT III Ml I U Ol THAT WAR • WI HAVI ( AMI TO DEDK Al I A PORT ION OJ I HAI I II I D AS A FINAL RI S ITNG The Murals PLACI FOR THOS1 WHO HERE GAVI 1 HI IR LIVES THAI THAT NAI ION MICH I LIVE • IT IS Al TOGETHER FIT­ The two murals by Jules Guerin typify TING AND PROPER 1HAT WE SHOULD allegorically the principles which were DO THIS • BUT IN A LARGER SENSE evident in the life of Lincoln. They are WE CAN NOT DEDICATE-WI. CAN NOT CONSECRATE-WE CAN NOT HALl.OW- affixed to the north and south walls above THIS GROUND-THE BRAVI MEN LIV­ the Memorial addresses and are each 60 ING AND DEAD WHO STRUGGLED HERE HAVE CONSECRATED IT EAR ABOVE feet long and 12 feet high. The piece OUR POOR POWER TO ADD OR DETRACT • of canvas upon which each was painted THE WORLD WILI LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE weighed 600 pounds, and about 300 RUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY pounds of paint were used. The mural DID HERE • IT IS FOR US I HE LIVING above the Gettysburg Address (south RATHER TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH EHEY wall) centers around a group portraying WHO FOUGHT HERE HAVE THUS FAR Emancipation. An Angel of Truth is SO NOB1Y ADVANCED- IT IS RATHER TOR US TO B! HIRE DEDICATED TO THE freeing a slave. To the left and right are GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US- groups typifying Justice and Immortality. THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO The Memorial through the flowering Above the Second Inaugural Address THAI CAUSE FOR WHICH 1 HEY GAVE THI cherry trees bordering the Tidal Basin. (north wall) the mural has for its central IAS I FUL1 MEASURI OF DEVOTION- theme Unity. An Angel of Truth is I HAT WE HI RE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAI THESE DEAD SHALI NOT HAVI DIED IN joining the hands of the laurel-crowned VAIN-THAI MILS NATION UNDER GOD as the war President seated in a great figures of North and South and is flanked SHALI HAVI ANEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM- armchair \2){ feet high, over the back of AND THAT GOVERNMENTOI THI PEOPLE by Fraternity (left group) and Charity. BY I Hi PEOPLI FOR THE IT OLD SHAM which a flag has been draped. The NO I Pi RISH FROM I III EAR I H • gentleness, power, and determination of Administration and Visitor Service the man have been wonderfully expressed by the sculptor, not only in the face but The Lincoln Memorial is administered in the hands which grip the arms of by National Capital Parks of the National the massive chair. Twenty-eight large Park Service, Department of the Interior. blocks of white marble compose All inquiries should be addressed to Super­ the statue, which is 19 feet high from head intendent, National Capital Parks, Interior to foot. The extreme width, including Building, Washington 25, D. C. This the drapery over the chair, is 19 feet. national memorial is open daily from The carving of the statue was done by 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., closing only on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address—South Wall of the Memorial. Lincoln Memorial Piccirrilli Brothers in their shops at New Christmas Day. WASHINGTON, D. C. REPRINT 1354 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1353—0-27301 ! .