Click any image for an enlarged version. The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922 Henry Bacon was the architect of the Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial's sculptor was Daniel Chester French Daniel Chester French's statue of Abraham Lincoln is 19 feet tall The north wall of the Lincoln Memorial contains an inscription of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address; the south wall has the Gettysburg Address inscribed on it The 36 columns of the Lincoln Mmeorial represent each of the states in the Union at the time of Abraham Lincoln's death The Reflecting Pond at the Lincoln Memorial is located directly east of the monument The statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial is made of white Georgia marble

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The inscription in back of the statue of Abraham Lincoln reads:

IN THIS TEMPLE
AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSHRINED FOREVER