My Visit to the Lincoln Memorial

[back] . When I got the to base of the Lincoln Memorial, I felt like I was walking up the steps to a Temple. I felt a sense of awe and reverence even with the surrounding crowd. Maybe it's partly because I had just come from the WWII memorial and taken a picture of the words "Wake Island" where my uncle Don for whom I am named was taken prisoner and eventually killed. Tears came to my eyes then. I was proud to be paying homage to Abraham Lincoln. Enjoy!

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From the bottom of the steps. From midway up the steps. Zoom from midway up the steps. In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever
#1381   2007-07-18 09:18 HST   3.3M
From the bottom of the steps.		#1382   2007-07-18 09:20 HST   3.1M
From midway up the steps.		#1383   2007-07-18 09:20 HST   2.2M
Zoom from midway up the steps.		#1384   2007-07-18 09:22 HST   2.4M
In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever
Me with Abraham Lincoln. Self portrait. Me with Abraham Lincoln, photographed by another visitor. View of the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial. The federal union of the states at the heart of Lincoln's purpose is symbolized in his memorial by 36 columns beneath the names of the 36 states composing the union in his lifetime. When the Memorial was designed the Union included the 48 states named on the attic frieze. A generation later - in 1959 Alaska and Hawaii attained statehood fully joining their destinies with the United States of America. E Pluribus Unum.
#1386   2007-07-18 09:22 HST   2.3M
Me with Abraham Lincoln. Self portrait.		#1388   2007-07-18 09:23 HST   2.7M
Me with Abraham Lincoln, photographed by another visitor.		#1391   2007-07-18 09:26 HST   2.5M
View of the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial.		#1398   2007-07-18 09:32 HST   4.9M
The federal union of the states at the heart of Lincoln's purpose is symbolized in his memorial by 36 columns beneath the names of the 36 states composing the union in his lifetime. When the Memorial was designed the Union included the 48 states named on the attic frieze. A generation later - in 1959 Alaska and Hawaii attained statehood fully joining their destinies with the United States of America. E Pluribus Unum.
Lincoln Memorial seen from the Arlington Cemetery MetroRail entrance.
#1409   2007-07-18 10:08 HST   3.1M
Lincoln Memorial seen from the Arlington Cemetery MetroRail entrance.

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