Lincoln Memorial

Cultural  

1. A massive monument built in Washington, D.C., in honor of Abraham Lincoln. The memorial contains a statue of Lincoln seated and stone engravings of Lincoln's second inaugural address and his Gettysburg Address.

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Example Sentences

Among the sites has been the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

The bizarre ordeal with the renovation of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is important not because of the pool itself.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

It connects the Lincoln Memorial to its west, the World War II Memorial to its east, the Vietnam War memorial to its north, and the Korean War memorial to its south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Just days after the Trump administration completed millions of dollars in renovations on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to make it American flag-blue, residents and online users noted it had turned a phosphorescent green.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

I walked over to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, “the Wall,” near the Lincoln Memorial.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge