Biography on lincoln memorial wall

The Lincoln Memorial is a Greek style monument in Washington DC’s West Potomac Park.

History of the Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial was built to honour President Abraham Lincoln, who was the sixteenth President of the United States of America, serving during the American Civil War, a fact that is commemorated above the giant statue of Lincoln inside the memorial with the words “In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever”.

President Lincoln was assassinated by a actor and Confederate spy, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford Theatre on 14 April 1865.

Whilst a committee for the establishment of a memorial to Abraham Lincoln was first incorporated in 1867, authorisation for the monument was not given until 1911 and construction only began on 12 February 1914.

The build was also a lengthy process and Lincoln Memorial was finally dedicated on 30 May 1922.

The Lincoln Memorial was designed by the architect,