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Cool Facts Website:
 * Created by Henry Bacon
 * size- 204 long, 134 wide, 99 tall, 44 columns
 * inscription South wall- complete Gettysburg address
 * North wall- Lincoln's second inaugural speech
 * above south wall is mural of angel of truth freeing a slave
 * style- Greek temple
 * 36 columns for each state of the union at time of Lincolns death
 * by time memorial completed in 1922, 12 more states had joined the union
 * 48 states were then carved on memorial wall
 * then Hawaii and Alaska were added on later on a plaque
 * Inscription behind Lincoln- "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."
 * height of Lincoln is nineteen feet tall
 * dedicated may 30, 1922, fifty seven years after Lincoln died
 * $3 million dollars
 * started being built on Lincoln's birthday

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Online
 * classic design has 36 doric columns symbolizing states in union at time of Lincolns death
 * monument has stones for various states, including white colorado marble (exterior), indiana limestone (interior), pink tennessee marble (floor), and alabama marble (ceiling)
 * sculptor of Lincoln- Daniel Chester French
 * originally specified as twelve foot bronze statue but was too out of scale
 * finished statue is made of 28 blocks of white georgia marble
 * people speculate that there is a special significance of Lincoln's hands forming an 'a' in sign language, but no one is sure
 * in north chamber above second inaugural address is mural by Jules Guerin called "Reunion"
 * he also painted the other mural above the other thing "Emancipation"

Enchanted Learning
 * If Lincoln were to stand, he'd be 28 feet tall

NPS
 * the mural above gettysburg adress- angel of truth flanked by recently freed slaves
 * mural above inaugural address- carries theme of unification
 * Guerin once again uses angel of truth on either side of representatives of the north and south
 * one of presiden'ts hand is clenched representing strength and determination to see war through a successful conclusion
 * other hand slightly open and more relaxed representing compassionate warm nature
 * above 36 columns is names of those states

Fun Trivia
 * Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speech said on the steps

Sources: Cool Facts

[|The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Online]

[|Enchanted Learning]

[|NPS] Myths Myths II [|Fun Facts]

Pictures: North wall South wall Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Address Second Inaugural Address