Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Bet You’ve Never Noticed the Typo on this Memorial
On May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated, the world witnessed how $2,000,000 in federal dollars, 38,000 tons of marble, limestone and granite and eight years of American elbow grease, had finally resulted in something truly spectacular, had resulted in a very, very expensive typo.
The Lincoln Memorial, despite its many merits as a national landmark and work of art, enshrines what may just be the greatest blunder in American monument-making history.
As you step into the Memorial’s interior and glance at the north wall, to where Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address is chiselled into the stone and delivered on March 4, 1865, which was less than two months after the successful passing
On May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated, the world witnessed how $2,000,000 in federal dollars, 38,000 tons of marble, limestone and granite and eight years of American elbow grease, had finally resulted in something truly spectacular, had resulted in a very, very expensive typo.
The Lincoln Memorial, despite its many merits as a national landmark and work of art, enshrines what may just be the greatest blunder in American monument-making history.
As you step into the Memorial’s interior and glance at the north wall, to where Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address is chiselled into the stone and delivered on March 4, 1865, which was less than two months after the successful passing