Unveiled to the public just over 57 years after John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln on April 14, 1865, the Lincoln Memorial followed a protracted path from inception to dedication. Within two ...

Seating at the Lincoln Memorial's dedication was segregated and Tuskegee's head had to revise his keynote speech. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

Among those present to observe the Lincoln Memorial’s official dedication in May 1922 was 78-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln, the only surviving son of the former president. He had also visited the ...

When the dedication ceremony for the Lincoln Memorial was held in 1922, Robert was there to witness the unveiling of his father's enormous statue. ... In 1850, Lincoln's favorite son was born.

The Lincoln Memorial at 100 05:54. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a dream – and in the years since, millions have come here to make their own ...

Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Memorial on May 30, 1922, an event attended by thousands, including President Warren G. Harding and Lincoln’s 78-year-old son, Robert ...

The memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922, in the presence of Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert. ... The dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., took place in 1922, ...

It is interesting to know that Robert Todd Lincoln, Presidents Lincolns only surviving son attended the dedication ceremony in 1922. ... Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial Ceremony—May 30, 1922.

Since it was unveiled to the public on Memorial Day in 1922, the Lincoln Memorial has become one of the world’s best-known monuments to the 16th U.S. president and a key stop for millions of ...