“With malice toward none, with charity for all,” even after four years of horrific war.

The wax figure, which is a six-foot-tall replica of the Lincoln Memorial statue, is complete with wicks. It was commissioned by CulturalDC and funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and ...

National Freedom Day was first observed in 1949 after sitting president Harry Truman called for its recognition in June of 1948. February 1 is the anniversary of President Lincoln’s signing of the ...

Reaching the statue does require walking up some steps – there are 87 (or four score and seven) from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the chamber where the figure sits. Elevators are also ...

The marble used for the building portion of the memorial was from Colorado. The marble used for Abraham Lincoln's statue was ...

The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First Amendment.

Market trader Henry Tyler raised money in the 1950s by charging people a penny to stroke Snips Planning permission has been granted for a statue of a Lincoln dog called Snips who helped raise ...