Forgotten Lincoln in District; Judiciary Square statue was first to honor leader.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)

From: The Washington Times | Date: October 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: John Lockwood, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Lincoln Memorial displays what must be the most famous statue of the 16th president in the world. It was not Washington's first such statue, however. That distinction belongs to a much more modest affair along D Street Northwest at Judiciary Square.

Proposals for a memorial to Abraham Lincoln began almost at once, after his death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth on April 15, 1865. The D Street statue ...

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