Lincoln Memorial
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Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial, in
Washington, D.C.
, is a
United States Presidential memorial
built to honor
16th President
Abraham Lincoln
. The architect was
Henry Bacon
, the sculptor was
Daniel Chester French
, and the painter of the interior murals was
Jules Guerin
.The building is in the form of a Greek
Doric
temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including
Martin Luther King
's "
I Have a Dream
" speech, delivered on
August 28
,
1963
, during the rally at the end of the
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
.
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Lincoln Memorial
Noun
1. memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln
(hypernym) memorial, monument
(part-holonym) Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States
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