Lincoln Memorial Images

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Lincoln Memorial (Source)

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With reflecting pool (Source)

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The sculptor's possible use of sign language is speculated, as the statue's left hand forms an "A" while the right hand portrays an "L". (Source)

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Abraham Lincoln, by Daniel Chester French, 1920 (Source)

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A temporary ramp was put in place during construction (Source)

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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton walk past President Lincoln's statue to participate in the 2013 50th anniversary ceremony of the historic March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech (Source)

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Detail of the memorial's friezes (Source)

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Front view of the eastern facade (Source)

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Chief Justice William Howard Taft, President Warren G. Harding, and Lincoln's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, at the memorial's dedication, May 30, 1922 (Source)

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The memorial under construction, July 1916 (Source)

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West Potomac Park prior to the memorial's construction, c.1912 (Source)

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