The Lincoln Memorial & American Life

From: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The Lincoln Memorial & American Life. By Christopher Thomas (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002. Pp. xxxii, 236. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $35.00).

Rare is the visitor who remains unmoved by the Lincoln Memorial. Entering it, musing within its walls, meditating while walking around it, and even when circling it in a car or bus, fills one with awe.

Why does the memorial move us so? Is it our gratitude for Abraham Lincoln's leadership in saving the Union and abolishing slavery? Is it then the seated figure with oversized hands and penetrating ...

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