Lincoln Memorial, the Glossary

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1. 131 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, Alto, America's Favorite Architecture, American Institute of Architects, American Sign Language, Ancient Greek architecture, Ancient Greek temple, Anta (architecture), Architecture of Washington, D.C., Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Asbestos, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Capital (architecture), CBS News, Civil rights movement, Clark Mills (sculptor), Colonnade, Colorado, Cornice, Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Chester French, DAR Constitution Hall, Daughters of the American Revolution, David Rubenstein, Decepticon, District of Columbia City Hall, Doric order, Edmund Buchner, Eleanor Roosevelt, Emancipation Proclamation, Ernest C. Bairstow, Evelyn Beatrice Longman, Fasces, Fluting (architecture), Forrest Gump, Frank Capra, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frieze, Gallaudet University, Garland, Gettysburg Address, Graffiti, Greek Revival architecture, Harold L. Ickes, Harry S. Truman, Henry Bacon, I Have a Dream, Illinois, ... Expand index (81 more) »

2. Marble buildings
3. Monuments and memorials to Abraham Lincoln in the United States
4. Stone buildings in the United States

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address

Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States.

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Alto

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range.

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America's Favorite Architecture

"America's Favorite Architecture" is a list of buildings and other structures identified as the most popular works of architecture in the United States.

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American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States.

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American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada.

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Ancient Greek architecture

Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greeks, or Hellenes, whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC.

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Ancient Greek temple

Greek temples (dwelling, semantically distinct from Latin templum, "temple") were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion.

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Anta (architecture)

An anta (pl. antæ, antae, or antas; Latin, possibly from ante, "before" or "in front of"), or sometimes parastas (pl. parastades), is a term in classical architecture describing the posts or pillars on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple – the slightly projecting piers which terminate the side walls (of the naos).

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Architecture of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, has a unique and diverse architectural history.

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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House is the historic family residence of Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War in Arlington County, Virginia. Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial are national Memorials of the United States.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.

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Asbestos

Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Clark Mills (sculptor)

Clark Mills (September 1, 1815 – January 12, 1883) was an American sculptor, best known for four versions of an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, located in Washington, D.C., with replicas in Nashville, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Colonnade

In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln

Since his death in 1865, Abraham Lincoln has been an iconic American figure depicted, usually favorably or heroically, in many forms.

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Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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DAR Constitution Hall

DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall.

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Daughters of the American Revolution

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolutionary War.

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David Rubenstein

David Mark Rubenstein (born August 11, 1949) is an American lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist.

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Decepticon

The Decepticons are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the Transformers multimedia franchise.

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District of Columbia City Hall

District of Columbia City Hall, also known as Old City Hall and the District of Columbia Courthouse, is a historic building at Judiciary Square in downtown Washington, D.C. facing Indiana Avenue.

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Edmund Buchner

Edmund Buchner (22 October 1923, Ittling near Straubing – 27 August 2011) was a German ancient historian and former President of the German Archaeological Institute (Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, or DAI).

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.

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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Ernest C. Bairstow

Ernest C. Bairstow (1876–1962) was an English-born American architectural sculptor noted for work on buildings in Washington, D.C., including the Lincoln Memorial.

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Evelyn Beatrice Longman

Evelyn Beatrice Longman (November 21, 1874 – March 10, 1954) was an American sculptor whose allegorical figure works were commissioned as monuments and memorials, adornment for public buildings, and attractions at art expositions in the early 20th-century.

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Fasces

Fasces (a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning 'bundle'; fascio littorio) is a bound bundle of wooden rods, often but not always including an axe (occasionally two axes) with its blade emerging.

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Fluting (architecture)

Fluting in architecture and the decorative arts consists of shallow grooves running along a surface.

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Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth.

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Frank Capra

Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind several major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Frieze

In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.

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Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University is a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Garland

A garland is a decorative braid, knot or wreath of flowers, leaves, or other material.

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Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's deadliest battle.

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Graffiti

Graffiti (plural; singular graffiti or graffito, the latter rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view.

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Greek Revival architecture

Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, as well as in Greece itself following its independence in 1821.

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Harold L. Ickes

Harold LeClair Ickes (March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.

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Henry Bacon

Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 death.

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I Have a Dream

"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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James Stewart

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor.

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Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s.

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Joseph Gurney Cannon

Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party.

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Judith Dupré

Judith Dupré (born in Providence, Rhode Island) is a writer, structural historian, and public speaker.

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Jules Guérin (artist)

Jules Guérin (November 18, 1866 – June 14, 1946) was an American muralist, architectural delineator, and illustrator.

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Kent State shootings

The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre or May 4 massacre"These would be the first of many probes into what soon became known as the Kent State Massacre. Like the Boston Massacre almost exactly two hundred years before (March 5, 1770), which it resembled, it was called a massacre not for the number of its victims, but for the wanton manner in which they were shot down.") were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus.

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Korean War Veterans Memorial

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Lincoln Memorial and Korean War Veterans Memorial are national Memorials of the United States.

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Lincoln cent

The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. Lincoln Memorial and Lincoln cent are monuments and memorials to Abraham Lincoln in the United States.

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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. Lincoln Memorial and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are monuments and memorials to Abraham Lincoln in the United States and national Mall.

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List of areas in the United States National Park System

The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. Lincoln Memorial and List of areas in the United States National Park System are national Memorials of the United States.

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List of national memorials of the United States

National memorial is a designation in the United States for an officially recognized area that memorializes a historic person or event. Lincoln Memorial and List of national memorials of the United States are national Memorials of the United States.

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List of presidents of the United States

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College.

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Lodi News-Sentinel

The Lodi News-Sentinel is a daily newspaper based in Lodi, California, United States, and serving northern San Joaquin and southern Sacramento counties.

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Lot Flannery

Lot Flannery (1836–December 19, 1922) was an Irish-American sculptor from Washington, D.C., best known for his work in 1868 on the Abraham Lincoln statue located outside the District of Columbia City Hall and the nation's oldest extant memorial to the assassinated president.

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897April 8, 1993) was an American contralto.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

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McMillan Plan

The McMillan Plan (formally titled The Report of the Senate Park Commission. The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia) is a comprehensive planning document for the development of the monumental core and the park system of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

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Mineral oil

Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum, as distinct from usually edible vegetable oils.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.

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National Mall

The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.

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National Mall and Memorial Parks

National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS) encompassing many national memorials and other areas in Washington, D.C. Federally owned and administered parks in the capital area date back to 1790, some of the oldest in the United States. Lincoln Memorial and national Mall and Memorial Parks are national Mall.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of properties and districts in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with demonstrations in 1965 against the escalating role of the United States in the Vietnam War.

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Peristyle

In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle (from Greek περίστυλον) is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard.

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Piccirilli Brothers

The Piccirilli brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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Pilaster

In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an extent of wall.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Presidential memorials in the United States

The presidential memorials in the United States honor presidents of the United States and seek to showcase and perpetuate their legacies. Lincoln Memorial and presidential memorials in the United States are national Memorials of the United States.

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Public Radio International

Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization.

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Race relations

Race relations is a sociological concept that emerged in Chicago in connection with the work of sociologist Robert E. Park and the Chicago race riot of 1919.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Retaining wall

Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Richard Nixon's visit to the Lincoln Memorial

In the early hours of May 9, 1970, President Richard Nixon made an unplanned visit to the Lincoln Memorial where he spoke with anti-war protesters and students for almost two hours.

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Robert Todd Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and businessman.

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Royal Cortissoz

Royal Cortissoz (February 10, 1869 – October 17, 1948) was an American art historian and, from 1891 until his death, the art critic for the New York Herald Tribune.

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Scott Sandage

Scott A. Sandage is a cultural historian at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Shelby M. Cullom

Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.

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Sign language

Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words.

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Solarium Augusti

The Solarium Augusti or Horologium Augusti (both Latin for "Sundial of Augustus"; Orologio di Augusto) was a monument in the Campus Martius of ancient Rome constructed in 10 BCE under the Roman emperor Augustus.

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Stalactite

A stalactite is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines.

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Stalagmite

A stalagmite is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings.

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Statue of Abraham Lincoln (District of Columbia City Hall)

Abraham Lincoln is a marble sculpture of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Irish artist Lot Flannery, located in front of the old District of Columbia City Hall in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)

Abraham Lincoln (1920) is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), sculpted by Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial) are national Mall.

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Sylacauga marble

Sylacauga marble, also commonly known as Alabama marble, is a marble that is found in a belt running through Talladega County, Alabama.

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Tennessee marble

Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.

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The Journal of African American History

The Journal of African American History, formerly The Journal of Negro History (1916–2001), is a quarterly academic journal covering African-American life and history.

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The Journal of American History

The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Undercroft

An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room, often brick-lined and vaulted, and used for storage in buildings since medieval times.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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United States Capitol

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States five-dollar bill

The United States five-dollar bill (US$5) is a denomination of United States currency.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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Urban legend

Urban legends (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous event that many people believe to be true but largely are not.

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial are national Mall and national Memorials of the United States.

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Visual effects

Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.

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Walter Reuther

Walter Philip Reuther (September 1, 1907 – May 9, 1970) was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor unions in American history.

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Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician who served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923.

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Washington Monument

The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument are national Memorials of the United States.

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Washington Union Station

Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters, the railroad's second-busiest station, and North America's 10th-busiest railroad station.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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West Potomac Park

West Potomac Park is a U.S. national park in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the National Mall.

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William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices.

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WNYC

WNYC is an audio service brand, under the control of New York Public Radio, a non-profit organization.

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World War II Memorial

The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial are national Mall and national Memorials of the United States.

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Yule Marble

Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed Leadville Limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, southeast of the town of Marble, Colorado.

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Zelig

Zelig is a 1983 American satirical mockumentary comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, a nondescript enigma, who, apparently out of his desire to fit in and be liked, unwittingly takes on the characteristics of strong personalities around him.

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See also

Marble buildings

• Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall
• Ara Pacis
• Davis Memorial
• Jaswant Thada
• Lautoka Jame Masjid
• Lincoln Memorial
• Marble Bridge
• Marble Church, Bodelwyddan
• Marble Palace
• Marble Palace (Kolkata)
• Moti Masjid (Agra Fort)
• Moti Masjid (Mehrauli)
• Moti Masjid (Red Fort)
• Naulakha Pavilion
• Pagoda (Salt Lake City)
• Pergamon Altar
• Royal Palace of Amsterdam
• Safed Baradari
• Taj Mahal
• Temple of Apollo (Melite)
• Temple of Proserpina
• Tomb of Antipope John XXIII
• Tomb of Gaspare Brunelli
• Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
• Wat Benchamabophit

Monuments and memorials to Abraham Lincoln in the United States

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
• Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge
• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden
• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument
• Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
• Abraham Lincoln: The Man
• Bust of Abraham Lincoln (Indianapolis)
• Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University
• Ford's Theatre
• Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
• Illinois Centennial half dollar
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
• Lincoln Depot Museum
• Lincoln Dinner
• Lincoln Heritage Trail
• Lincoln Highway
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site
• Lincoln Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
• Lincoln Memorial Shrine
• Lincoln Memorial University
• Lincoln Park
• Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)
• Lincoln Pioneer Village
• Lincoln cent
• Lincoln's New Salem
• Mount Rushmore
• Old Lincoln High School
• One Grand Central Place
• Petersen House
• President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument
• President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
• USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)

Stone buildings in the United States

• Amphitheater and Fieldstone WPA Features at Valley City Pioneer Park
• Bear Creek Motel
• Bolton Hall (California)
• Castle Rock Depot
• Central Trust Company
• Claymont Stone School
• Davis Memorial
• Douglas County Courthouse (Illinois)
• Dunham's Mill
• Eagle Hotel (Waterford, Pennsylvania)
• Ephraim Relief Society Granary
• Harper Mausoleum and George W. Harper Memorial Entrance
• Hummelstown Brownstone Company
• Indian Rocks Dining Hall
• Jarvis Stone School
• Kennedy House and Mill
• Lafayette School (Roxbury Township, New Jersey)
• Lincoln Memorial
• Marion County Courthouse (Illinois)
• National State Bank (Camden, New Jersey)
• New Richmond station (Wisconsin)
• New Stone Hall
• Nicholas Vreeland Outkitchen
• North Carolina State University Memorial Belltower
• Orville Beach Memorial Manual Training School
• Perry–Payne Building
• Pike County Courthouse (Illinois)
• Richland County Courthouse (Illinois)
• Rock Building
• Romney Academy
• Salt Lake Assembly Hall
• St. Mary of the Angels Church and Monastery
• Stone House (Portland, Oregon)
• Tooele County Courthouse and City Hall
• WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery
• Webster Rock School
• Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial

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