Saturday, February 4, 2012

That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S., Washington, D.C., United States.

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The Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in D.C.

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The memorial is inscribed with words from the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.

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Lincoln was tall, but not this tall: if Lincoln were to stand up with the same proportions as he is sitting, he would be 28 feet tall. 

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Inside the memorial.

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The memorial.

For more information on the Lincoln Memorial.

The post's title?  It's from the Gettysburg Address.


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