Additional steel was added under the floor of the memorial to prepare for the statue ... include one hand clenched into a ...

Reaching the statue does require walking up some steps – there are 87 (or four score and seven) from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting ... the cherry blossoms are open) in March or April.

The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First ...