The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-03
Elegant Memorial to Lin
coin Dedicated on This
Memorial Day
SAVIOR OF THE UNION
Regarded as Greatest Amer
ican by Both the North
and the South

beuNftful structures ana mo great
est shrine Of the man VINO snvod
the union. Impressive IN its sim
piicuy. mo memorial probably ~
the mastcu icco OF all public build
ings and memorials IN the United
States. 10 stands IN Potomac park.
facing tho Washington monument,
and lts construction was begun on
Lincoln birthday anniversary In
1914 The total cost has been np-
proXimate.y S3,0o0,000.
This Monument To Lincoln ~ u
large rectangular building OF white
marble. assigned by Henry Bacon,
New i,rk architect II has
beautiful settling on a direct cast
and west Inc with tho Washington
monument and the nations capitol
and rises lii feet above the level
Of the park II IL composed OF four
principal ioatures--a statue Of the
man, "a memorial OF his Gettysburg
rddress, memorial OF his second
Inaugural address and n symbol OF
the union of the states.
The most important object In the
memorial Is the statue q Lincoln
In marble. by Daniel Chester
French, New York sculptor. placed
IN the central han where. by virtue
OF It's imposing position. " prcdom-
mates ali else Tho statue is co.
lossa in s'zo and yet distinctively
personal IL represents Lincoln.
seated. in thoughtful mood. and Is
the first thing that NETS the eye
as one passes through the immense
colonnadcd entrance, Smaller halls
one at cuhcr side OF the central
hail. contlr monumental tablets In
which deeply inCised letters repro
duce, word for word, Lincoln's Get
tysburg ADDRESS on tho left wall.
and the address made by him at his
second Inauguration on the right
wall Above these are two large
mural paintings by Jules Guerin, n
New rork artist, one typlfying
Emancipation" and, the other typl-
Tying "ReJr ION" Their production
occupied three years time. ..
In Patriotic Group.
Surrounding the exterior of the
walls inC,crlng these memorials is
a magnificent colonnada forming
n symbol oi the union. each column
tepresen,ins one of the 80 states
existing Mt the time OF Lincoln's
death. on the outer walls. above
the colonnade and supported at In
tervals by eagles. are As festoons.
one for each state existing at tho
present time.
Al tne emu OF tne SItht AXIS,
planned over n century ago, Is the
capitol of tho nation, which is the
monument OF the government. and
q mile westward from the capitol
is the 555-foot granite shaft which
IL the monument to George Wash
ington. Now, on this same great
axis, half a mile west of the Wash
ington monument. stands the Linz
coin memorial. This completes an
unparalleled composition. IA trlol-
ogy which imparts to each of its
monuments value in addition to
that which each standing alone pos
sesses.
More thsn n dozen years ago Po-
\ tomac park, one OF the most impor-
tant units of Washington's great
park system, and which lies Ions
the Potion ac river, was first sug
gested as the site for a memorial Ia
Lincoln. The late John Hay. one
of Lincoln's secretaries and biogra-
pliers and later secretary OF state
of the United States. favored its Sc
lection. In expressing his approva
he wrote:
"As understand e, the place o.
honor IL ON the main axis of tn,
plan, Lincoln, of all American
reXt to Washington. deserved tlii
place OF honor. lie was of tho i'm
mortals. You must not approach
too close to the immortals. Iii
monument should stand alone. re
mote from the common habitation
of man, apart from the businos
and turmoil of the city--isolated ed
distinguishtd and serene. OF all tn
sites. this one, near the Potomac,
most suited To the purpose"
by means of terraces the ground
around The site are raised until tn
floor OF the memorial itself is 4
feet higher than the grade OF Poto
mac park A circular terrace. 100
feet in dis meter. first rises abov
the park. on its outer edge stan
four Concentric rows of trees. leaN
ing a plateau in the centSTS7J fee
in diameter. In the center of thi
plateau, surrounded by wide road
ways and walks, rises an emtnenc
supporting "A rectangular stone ter
race wall ~ feet high. 256 feet lon
and lS6 feet wide. ON this rec
tangular terrace rises the white mar
Bile memorial. All the foundation
of the steps, terraces and memoriu
are built OF concrete piling whicl
extends uown TO solid rock
Rising tom this rectangular ter
race threa steps, each eight fee
iihllt Abl u lltllblih iNthHNlln
20i feet In length and l34 feet 1
width. on this platform stand tn
S6 column, symbolizinR ,he unior
which inclcse the memorial haI
walls and support the upper por
tion Of the building, bearing IN
iestoons representing the As state!
This coionuade Is 1iS fee. long an
lis feet VIDE. the columns being 1
feet high and feet in shes in d
amgler at their bases.
Started by Cullom.
The movement for the construc
ton Of this memorial was begun 1
1902, and In 1910 tho late Senate
Shelby NJ. Cullom of Illinois,
friend OF Lincoln. introdu, cd in tn
senate fill for it's erection. Th
bill was approved by congress Eel
luary 2, 1911. Tho law created
commission and named as its mem
hers william II. Taft, Shelby n
Cullom, Joseph @. Cannon. Georg
Peabody Wetmore, Samuel Walk,
Mccall, Hornando ID. Money an
Champ Clark
The commission was authorize
TO procure and determine upon
location, I Ian and design for MOI
ument or memorial in Washingto
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