The 38,000-ton Lincoln Memorial is built on fill dredged from the Potomac River. It is supported by the series of huge concrete pilings that were sunk through the fill down to bedrock. Ground was ...

Beneath the Lincoln Memorial is its "undercroft," a cavernous area filled with rows of tall concrete columns and large expanses of open space that has long been hidden from the public — and soon ...

1. It took more than 50 years to get a memorial for Abraham Lincoln built and opened to the public. Efforts to create a fitting tribute to Abraham Lincoln began immediately after the leader’s ...

While the main attraction of the Lincoln Memorial is the larger-than ... learn about the how the memorial was built and how its meaning has evolved over the last century.” ...

The first public memorial was placed in D.C.’s City Hall and was built by Lot Flannery in 1868. The Lincoln Monument ...

but it’s going to tell a full story of how the Lincoln Memorial has become a part of our nation’s history,” he said. The memorial was built on a spot called Kidwell Flats, an insect-ridden ...

WASHINGTON — One of D.C.’s most ambitious projects is underway at the Lincoln Memorial, however, the work isn’t being done above ground, but below. Construction workers make their way around ...

The museum being built under Abe’s feet will tell the story of the memorial’s construction and Lincoln himself. It will also explain the memorial’s long-standing role in First Amendment ...

The new exhibit space built into the memorial's long-hidden "undercroft" will explore the history of President Lincoln and the monument that... Beneath the Lincoln Memorial is its "undercroft," a ...