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The project got under way with a ceremony on
and construction began a month later.
Although work slowed as a result of the United States
entering the First World War in 1917, the monument
was completed on schedule in 1922. On Memorial Day,
May 30, 1922, 50,000 people attended a dedication
ceremony. Among those present were hundreds of Civil
War veterans; Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s only
surviving son; and President Warren G. Harding, who
accepted the memorial on behalf of the American people.
The memorial itself echoes a classic Greek temple and
the structure measures 189.7 by 118.5 ft. (58 by 36 m) and
is 99 ft. (30 m) tall. It is surrounded by a colonnade of 36
fluted Doric columns, one for each of the 36 states in the
Union at the time of Lincoln’s death. The columns stand
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Above the colonnade, inscribed on a frieze, are the
names of the 36 states in the Union when Lincoln died
and the dates in which they entered. Above this are
inscribed the names of the 48 states present in the Union
at the time of the memorial’s dedication.
The memorial is anchored on a concrete foundation, 44
to 66 ft. (13 to 20 m) in depth, and is encompassed by a
187 by 257 ft. (57 by 78 m) rectangular granite retaining
wall measuring 14 ft. (4.3 m) in height.
The interior of the monument is divided into three
chambers. The north and south chambers contain carved
inscriptions of Lincoln’s second inaugural address and
his Gettysburg Address. Above each of the inscriptions
is a 60 by 12 ft. (18.3 by 3.7 m) mural portraying the
governing principles in Lincoln’s life.
Between the north and south chambers is the central
chamber containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting
in contemplation. The statue rests upon an oblong
marble pedestal 10 ft. (3 m) high, 16 ft. (5 m) wide, and
17 ft. (5.2 m) deep.
Lincoln Memorial under construction, 1919
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