When the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922, the world bore witness to how $2,000,000 in federal funds, eight years of American elbow grease and 38,000 tons of marble, granite and ...

Experts believe the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. sits above a racy secret involving a seductive film star. Getty Images Here’s a titillating tale from the crypt.

Dedicated on Memorial Day, 1922, and built as a tribute to President Lincoln, the memorial features the words of two of his most famous speeches. The Gettysburg Address is less than 300 words.

The Lincoln Memorial sits well above ground level at the west end of the Mall, and was designed to create the image of “a temple on a hill,” Litterst said. It was modeled on the Parthenon, the ...

Ground broke on the Lincoln Memorial in 1914. Designers wanted the memorial to stand out and be seen from far and wide. They also wanted the monument to have the appearance of being built on a hill.