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Show LINCOLN I MEMORIAL in WASHINGTON M.ugi THE memorial to Abraham Lincoln In the National Capital Capi-tal is composed of four featuresa fea-turesa statue of the man, a memorial me-morial of his Gettysburg address, a memorial of his second inaugural address and a symbol of the Union of the United States the four things which the martyred President Presi-dent held were his paramount objects. ob-jects. i From the memorial to the west ,.ortlir,c n UvWTrra linl.-inrr the Tia- tion's tribute to its Civil war President Presi-dent with the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee, military leader of the Confederacy. Con-federacy. General Lee's home, Arlington, Ar-lington, now is Arlington National cemetery, where rest the dead of 'the Revolutionary war, the Mexican war, the bodies of men who fought with the armies of the blue and gray, the Spanish-American war and the World war. The bridge, spanning the Potomac river, natural and historic barrier between the North and South, links, more than in symbol, the two sections sec-tions of the United States. Henry Bacon, who died in 1924, was the architect who designed the Lincoln memorial and who said it should contain the four features. Daniel Chester French, famed American Amer-ican sculptor, produced the statue. This represents Lincoln as the great war President, the man who brought he nation through its titanic struggle, me iwu uixuiauvna, i resenting Emancipation and Reunion, Re-union, are by Jules Guerin. Above and behind tho massive head of Lincoln is inscribed in the wall: IV THIS TRMP1E AS IN THE ITKAHTS OF TUB PEOPLE IOIt WHOM UK SAVED THE UNION' TIIR JIEJIOltf OK ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENS II HINE" I'OKEVER. The Gettysburg address and the second inaugural speech occupy the north and south walls with the decorations. dec-orations. Simplicity is the keynote of tho memorial. To the east front of the Lincoln memorial is the 2.000 feet long reflecting re-flecting basin in which are to be seen reded ions of both the Wash-I Wash-I in"tpn monument and the memorial. The basin is bordered by trees and walks and, with the memorial is one. of the world's most impressive sights. Arlington .Memorial bridge follows in simple dignity the idea of the memorial; linking the monument of one great leader to the lost home of the leader of a lost cause. At the foot of the slope of Arlington, the roadway from the bridge ends and, ultimately, there will be roads and walks radiating from the classic road ending to the Arlington Manor house, to the Tomb of the Unknown and to other points in the cemetery. I |