On a blustery, sunny day last week, as tourists posed for pictures in front of Lincoln’s statue and signs urged visitors to be quiet, Cirigliano stood outside the memorial and reflected on the ...
Reaching the statue does require walking up some steps – there are 87 (or four score and seven) from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the chamber where the figure sits. Elevators are also ...
While thousands of tourists continue to visit the marble Abraham Lincoln statue sitting at the 16th president’s memorial in D.C., construction crews below his feet are working hard to build a ...