Lincoln Memorial
Monday, February 19th, 2007
Just for today, an interesting story about the Lincoln Memorial from Sarah Vowell’s excellent book Assassination Vacation:
[Lincoln Memorial sculptor David Chester] French obsessed for years about how to sculpt Lincoln’s peculiar face, fretting and reading and thinking, before commiting to the brooding, seated philosopher in the memorial. He received the commission in 1913, so by the time the memorial was finally dedicated—nine years later—the sculptor was a little pent up worrying how his work would come off. Hoping to celebrate, French looked upon the final installation with horror.
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The best thing about voting on Tuesday night was that I got to vote in a high school gym, almost directly under a basketball hoop. 
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