CIVIL WAR AND THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL

Blog with Park Ranger Jennifer Epstein

In the start of the video, PR. Epstein is showing us a view of the Lincoln Memorial.  
The land where PR. Epstein was standing on below the Lincoln Memorial was actually
the Potomac River during the era of Abraham Lincoln.

Statue Facts

• 28 different pieces of marble
• One hand is closed up in a fist and one hand is open
• Different paintings that represent different meanings (such as, emancipation)
• The Angel of Truth picture frees the slaves

Other facts

• 7 million people (average) visit the Lincoln Memorial every year
• The Lincoln Memorial was opened to the public in May, 30th, 1922
• Abraham’s only surviving son was at the Lincoln Memorial when it was dedicated
• The statue was finished building after about 8 years (1914-1922)

The cloth behind Abraham Lincoln represents the American Flag. The Memorial was
vandalized with graffiti before. PR. Epstein is answering questions that the Interviewers
have currently. The speech of “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. was given
on the steps that lead up to the Lincoln Memorial. There is a color change of the
Washington Monument third of the way up, because they ran out of money for the
color. The Memorial Bridge was built in the 1930’s, it is the bridge to connect the north
and south. There are 8 icons that fall under the zone of ‘the mall’ that used to be in the
era when the Lincoln Memorial was being built.