Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is an American national landmark worked to respect the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is situated on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., opposite the Washington Monument. The engineer was Henry Bacon; the architect of the essential statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was cut by the Piccirilli Brothers; and the painter of the inside wall paintings was Jules Guerin. Committed in 1922, it is one of a few landmarks worked to respect an American president. It has dependably been a noteworthy vacation destination and since the 1930s has been a typical focus concentrated on race relations.

The building is as a Greek Doric sanctuary and contains a huge situated model of Abraham Lincoln and engravings of two understood talks by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. The commemoration has been the site of numerous renowned talks, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" discourse, conveyed on August 28, 1963, amid the rally toward the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Like different landmarks on the National Mall – including the adjacent Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the commemoration is regulated by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks bunch. It has been recorded on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is interested in general society 24 hours a day. In 2007, it was positioned seventh on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Following 2010, roughly 6 million individuals visit the dedication annually.

The main open dedication to Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., was a statue by Lot Flannery raised before the District of Columbia City Hall in 1868, three years after Lincoln's assassination. Demands for a fitting national remembrance had been voiced subsequent to the season of Lincoln's demise. In 1867, Congress passed the first of numerous bills joining a commission to erect a landmark for the sixteenth president. An American stone carver, Clark Mills, was outlined the landmark. His arrangements mirrored the nationalistic soul of the time, and required a 70-foot (21 m) structure embellished with six equestrian and 31 person on foot statues of giant extents, delegated by a 12-foot (3.7 m) statue of Abraham Lincoln. Memberships for the task were insufficient.