

Тридцать шесть колонн – именно столько штатов объединилось к моменту смерти президента – расположены по периметру сооружения. Вдоль внешней стены памятника выбиты названия всех сорока восьми штатов, существовавших на момент постройки мемориала. А на подходе к нему находится табличка, указывающая на присоединившиеся позже Аляску и Гавайи.


В настоящее время Мемориал Линкольна поддерживается в хорошем состоянии и пользуется неизменной популярностью у путешественников, которые интересуются основными достопримечательностями США.
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Construction of a memorial lasted eight years, and was finished in 1922. The purpose of construction of a monument – to immortalize firmness of the sixteenth U.S. President and his belief that each person has the right and has to be free. Lincoln's memorial represents the huge marble portal symbolizing the Union and calling for the commonwealth. Wall lists in a portal allegorically display the basic principles of justice, a unification, freedom and a brotherhood.
Thirty six columns – so many states united by the time of death of the president – are located on construction perimeter. Along an external wall of a monument names of all forty eight states existing at the time of construction of a memorial are beaten out. And on the way to it there is a plate indicating Alaska and Hawaii which joined later.
In the center of a portal in a stone chair Lincoln sits. His look is turned on the Capitol and a monument of Washington. The majestic sizes of a statue – height nearly 6 meters and the weight of 175 tons – not only draw attention to the president, but also a post factum cause respect for its activity, ideas which it carried by through all the public service.
Two stone plates located right there, inside a memorial contain the texts familiar to each American: Gettysburg speech of Abraham Lincoln and his second inaugural address.
Now Lincoln's Memorial is supported in a good shape and enjoys invariable popularity at travelers who are interested in the main sights of the USA.
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