Lincoln Memorial News

The facade of Washington's newest museum, the Newseum, has the 45 words of the United States First Amendment engraved on a massive 23-metre-high slab of Tennessee marble facing Pennsylvania Ave.

The contestants are now competing individually. In tonight's episode, they all travel to Washington DC for a public workout at the Washington Monument, for a salad at the White House, and then a weigh-in on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Who was the real Abraham Lincoln? When people think of the American icon, the marble rendition of the president, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, where the man is seated and looming over visitors, often comes to mind.

U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin showed up at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday expecting to give a tour to a female friend on a rainy night.

At 71 years old, Viorel Ciubuc last week took his first trip to Washington, D.C. The Snohomish County man didn't go to see the U.S. Capitol building, the Washington Monument or the Lincoln Memorial.

After more than 20 years of fits and starts, organizers of a memorial in Washington honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Alfred Denissen raised up from his wheelchair parked among the 400,000 or so white marble headstones in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

Musician Bruce Springsteen performs in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 'We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial' on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC.

After a devastating infection left her with a permanent limp, Denise Cluff renewed her spirit by raising $2,300 for cancer victims, then hiking 60 miles in three days in a walk to raise awareness about the disease.

Veterans on the third Honor Flight from South Dakota were on the ground in Washington, D.C. for just under 35 hours.

It's one of Louisville's newest attractions. The Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park mixes history with a beautiful river setting.

Barack Obama's speech on racism in America -- delivered last March as rebuke and rebuttal to incendiary comments by pastor Jeremiah Wright -- was immediately compared to Martin Luther King's historic I Have a Dream.

Another Central Illinois Honor Flight heads for Washington, D.C. early Wednesday morning, giving World War II veterans the opportunity to view the memorial dedicated there in their honor.

On the news the other night they showed a plain cross some folks erected out in the middle of the desert to honor our brave soldiers fallen in battle.

Reporting from Washington, D.C. - As a tourist in Washington, D.C., you can do a lot of walking.

Figuring out what to write about this week was tough. I could have written about Albuquerquea TMs new mayor-elect or about hot button H1N1 bioethics issues.

Les Langford of Jackson visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Les Langford, a World War II veteran from Jackson, traveled with 95 other war veterans on the Pride & Honor Flight to tour the War Memorials in Washington, D.C., on Sept.

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Since an assassin's bullet cut short the life of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, he's become an iconic figure in American history, as tall and imposing as the statue at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Today, Lincoln is hailed as "Honest Abe," the Great Emancipator who ended slavery and led the nation through the darkest hours of the ...

Departing Miami, I gazed upon the Atlantic Ocean as we cut through the clouds, making our way farther from the shore, and the thought occurred to me that this tour - these two weeks - has taken me from sea to shining sea across this great country.