Monday, October 27, 2014

The Lincoln Memorial: Facts

**  Ground was broken for the memorial Feb. 12, 1914.

**  The Lincoln statue is in 28 pieces and weighs 340,000 pounds.

**  The original murals in the memorial faded badly and were restored in the 1990s.

**  Hollywood has featured the memorial in movies such as the "Transformers" films and"The Day the Earth Stood Still."

--DaCoot

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