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Title: Statues of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents in art Presidents Marble sculpture, American Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Large-scale sculpture
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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lar night the statueand the floor were quite dry, incontrast to their state for severalnights preceding when condensingmoisture- sent rivulets of perspira-tion down the yard-long face of Mr.Lincoln and gave the floor a dis-tinctly marine aspect. Statue Scrubbed. Twice already this week, saidthe affable guard, the sculpture hadben doused with a hose and thenscrubbed to protect its immaculacyagainst the mischief-making dew. The chat also touched on the folkswho approach apologetically afterthe 9:30 p. m. closing hour for justa glimpse because we have to leavethe city early tomorrow morn-ing, on the fact that Lincoln wears a sad expression when you view hisface from one angle and one ofgood humor when you stand alongthe opposite wall, on the increas-ing number of persons who arepilgrimaging to the shrine. When it was ended and the sen-tinel was left alone with his charge,the west winds flight twixt thepillars sounded more melancholythan before. Lincolns SpiritLives for AgesIn Shrine Here
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Memorial In MarbleVisited Annually By 881,000 By PAT FRANK Today we celebrate AbrahamLincolns birthday, and lastevening I went to the memorialerected by his fellow country-men and from where he staresdown eternally through vault-ing Doric columns at the re-flection of the Monument toGeorge Washington, rippling inthe long blue pool below. Here surely, in this 150 tons ofrugged carved marble, 19 feetfrom head to toe, he still lives.Visited by 881,000 In the last year 881,000 peoplecame to commune with him,entered the chaste temple wheresits the tall, gaunt figure, his facechiseled and lined by the awesomeproblems of humanity as he foundit. More people came this last yearthan ever before to read the in-scription above his head: In this temple, as in thehearts of the people for whomhe saved the Union, the memoryof Abraham Lincoln is en-shrined forever.When they are escorted throughthe White House, whisked to thetop of Washington Monument andparaded through the Capitol, visi-tors laugh and

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