Lincolin Memorial

Wow! The Lincoln Memorial!!

I'm in Washington, D.C to visit the Lincoln Memorial!!!

Remember when I visited Gettysburg? Gettysburg is where the battle of Gettysburg happened, but the national monument is in Washington D.C. The Lincoln Memorial isn't just a monument to the Gettysburg address, but the speech in it's entirety is written on one of the walls.

When you look at the back of a penny there is a Lincoln Memorial. But if you look really closely, you will see a little dot between the columns. That is a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Wouldn't it be awesome to have a statue of me?! I think that would be pretty cool. 

The Lincoln Memorial is a new building--it was dedicated in 1992!!! Also, not only can you find the Gettysburg address, but you can find Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech. When they were engraving the second inaugural address there was an error. In the line, "With high hope for the future" the "F" in "future" was originally carved as an "E". So to fix the mistake, the bottom line of the E is not painted in.  

The Lincoln Memorial is filled with symbolism. 36 columns represent the states in the union at the time of Lincoln's death. The 48 stones on the attic above the columns represent the 48 states in 1992. On the south wall mural, Freedom, Liberty, Immortality, Justice, and the Law are pictured, while the north wall portrays Unity, Fraternity, and Charity. Both scenes have a background of cypress trees, which is the emblem of Eternity. 


Quack Report:

My quack was amazing!!! The echo was the best echo ever!!!!