The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to
honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. across
from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon, the
sculptor of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was
Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals
was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several
monuments built to honor an American president. The building is
in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated
sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known
speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second
Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous
speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 during the rally at the end
of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Like other
monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam
Veterans Memorial, Korean Wa