The cornerstone is laid
The memorial under construction
The Lincoln Memorial
February 12th 1914: Lincoln Memorial groundbreaking
On this day in 1914 in Washington DC, work officially began on the Lincoln Memorial. There had been many attempts by Congress to build a monument to the sixteenth president, famous for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, and in 1910 a bill funding the memorial passed the Senate. On February 12th 1914, the 105th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, the groundbreaking ceremony took place; the next year on the same day, the cornerstone was laid. The memorial was completed in 1922, featuring a statue of Lincoln and inscriptions of his famous Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address. Today, the memorial is an iconic tribute to one of America’s greatest presidents, and has been the site of major events in American history, most famously Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech.
“IN THIS TEMPLE
AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSHRINED FOREVER”
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