Evening star., 1922-05-30
CROWDS TAKE PLACES
EARLY IN GREAT SPACES
ABOUT BASINS SHORES
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chairman: REPRESENTATIVE Joseph g.
Cannon, Samuel w. Mccall. Thomas
r. Marshall. Nathan B. Scott. John
Temple Graves, special resident COM
and Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sheriff.. officer in
charge of public buildings and
grounds, the executive and disbursing
officer.
Robert Lincoln to Be There.
Henry Bacon, architect Of the me-
mortal; Daniel Chester French, the
sculptor Of the statue of Lancoln con-
tanned in the memorial, and jules
Guerin: the artist Snn VINO pa'nsen .ssfs 'of Of
honor on the platform. Robert Lin.
coin, son of abraham Lincoln, VIII
occupy a seat of honor on the plat
form.
The full strength of the diplomatic
corps will be at the dedication: Tne
occasion represents the first Ameri-
can ceremony at which, Germany has
been represented officially since the
United States declared war in 1917.
Amplifiers have been installed on
the memorial SO that every one who
attends the dedication exercises this
afternoon is pretty certain of hearing
every word uttered. The great re-
fiecting basin, 1000 feet long and 200
feet wide, will be seen filled with
water for the first time today.
Throng Can Enter.
Following the exercises the temple
will belong to the people of the
United States, and those who hear the
exercises may wend their way inside
and examine the impressive beauties
it contains In location. in design and
in content 1t exemplifies the mighty
American figure it enshrines, the
simple man whose tremendous infiu-
ence on his own country and other
lands no man may measure, the man
whom passing years but makes the
greater in his moral and spiritual
depth.
The original members of the Lin
coin Memorial Commission were
named in the act of Congress ap-
proved February 9, 1911. These were
william H. Taft. Shelby NJ Cullom.
wetmore. Samuel Walker Mccall.
Hermands D. Money and Champ
Clark.
Approved by Arts Commission.
The questions of site and architect
were submitted to the National Com
mission of Fine Arts, which recon-
mended the Potomac Park site. with
landscape features in accordance
with the plan of 1901 For architect
| the commission recommended Henry
Bacon. After obtaining alternative de-
| signs. which also were submitted TO the
Commission of Fine Arts. the Lincoln
Memorial Commission accepted the
| recommendations of the Fine Arts
Commission. Congress. after discus
sion, confirmed the selection of the
Potomac Park site.
The site called for a design of mag
! nitude, dominating its immediate sur
| roundings. 1t was to be a memorial to
one Of the two greatest Americans, and
! was designed to be one Of the great
/ a faa nd a orf M q
central composition of the plan of
Washington. The accepted design met
| the requirements. The design fits into
| the landscape composition, in its classic
| lines. 1t typides the culture to which
| Lincoln attained. The simple dignity of
the Doric best represents his straight
forward life and the dignity his services
to the country justified. Its isolation,
unhampered by other structures lex
cepting for the temporary war build
centuating its prominence. illustrates the
eminent and isolated position Lincoln
| occupies in our history.
Bacon's Own Description.
In other columns of The Star will be
found descriptions by Henry Bacon, the
architect of the memorial, and articles
dealing with the statue, and the paint
ings within the memorial.
In January, 1914, the Secretary Of
War asked the advice of the Commission
of Fine Arts as to the marble which
would be best suited for the Lincoln
Memorial. According to the approved
plans, the memorial was to be con-
structed of white marble, the various
samples of marble were received with
| bids submitted. The commission replied
that the artistic qualities of the Colorado
yule marble fit it pre-eminently for a
structure of the character Of the
Lincoln Memorial.
The recommendation that the Col
orado yule marble be used was ap-
proved. The quarries from which the
marble was secured are located in
| the Rocky mountains. about 500 miles
| west of Denver. Not only because of
| the superior qualities of color. tex
ture and uniformity and durability.
had the Colorado yule marble been
1 selected, but also for the fact that
no other Quarries were known to pro-
duce satisfactory stones of the size
required. The great columns of the
| colonnade, ~ feet high, are feet
inches in diameter at their base. They
are composed of eleven drums, each
| of the drums at the base weighing
| 22 tons. Four of them were sufficient
| to load a fiat car of about 100 tons.
| Before being brought from the quar-
rieS the columns were set in position
| there and measured to the 64-100 of
\ an inch, so that the pieces would fit
! exactly when set in place in the me-
mortal. The sum of $4,000 was spent
| one winter by the contractors to keep
| the railroad tracks open to the quar-
| ries and to continue the Quarrying.
The George A Fuller Company was
| the contractor for building the me-
this city.
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