Lincoln Memorial

Next we turned to politics and started with the Lincoln Memorial. This monument was built in 1922 in the form of a Greek temple and houses a giant statue of Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th President. He was famous for preserving the Union, leading his country through Civil War and ending slavery. He was assassinated on April 14th 1865 whilst at the theatre by John Wilkes Booth. (We saw this theatre later in the day).