(19 May 2022)
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Washington DC – April 2022 (exact dates unknown)
1. Wide of the color guard ceremony for Veterans happening in front of the Lincoln Memorial
2. Mid of tourists on the steps of the memorial, Lincoln statue seen behind
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Litterst, NPS National Mall Spokesperson:
“This year, May 30th, 2022, marks 100 years since the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.”
4. Pan of U.S. states engraved on to the top of the Lincoln Memorial
5. Close of tourists walking up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
6. Pan of the columns of the memorial
7. Children playing on part of the memorial
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Litterst, NPS National Mall Spokesperson:
“Designed by architect Henry Bacon, the Lincoln Memorial is designed and constructed specifically to draw out Lincoln’s role as the great uniter of the United States during and after the Civil War. The materials are seemingly a hodgepodge from all across the country. Massachusetts granite is used on the stairs. There is marble from Georgia that’s used to construct the statue itself. The exterior walls are from Colorado, Yule marble. The ceiling tiles are from Alabama. All of those from across the country, from states north and south, joining together to build this great memorial to Abraham Lincoln, just as Lincoln himself reunified the states at the end of the Civil War.”
9. Litterst walks through an underground section of the Lincoln Memorial
10. Pan of the columns beneath the Lincoln Memorial
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Litterst, NPS National Mall Spokesperson:
“The design called for it to be elevated above the reflecting pool and above the surrounding landscape. And the landscaping that you see, the hill that it’s on was created after the memorial was created.”
12. View of the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol framed by columns of the Lincoln Memorial
13. People look from the Lincoln Memorial at bridges leading to Arlington, Virginia
14. Various of a choir singing the Star Spangled Banner near the Lincoln Memorial
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Litterst, NPS National Mall Spokesperson:
“Among the thousands of visitors who come here every day, it’s very easy to get a sense of awe and inspiration from those that climb the steps to the chamber. While it’s bustling and full of activity outside, inside the chamber, there’s almost universally a hushed reverence, a quietness about it, as people gaze upon the statue and move to the two walls to read the speeches that are engraved there.”
16. Various of people viewing the Lincoln statue and engraved speeches inside the chamber
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Litterst, NPS National Mall Spokesperson:
“Unlike any other monument or memorial in the nation’s capital, the Lincoln Memorial has evolved from merely being a memorial to the nation’s 16th president. It has become the backdrop for national celebrations and it has become the foremost location in America for the expression of one’s First Amendment rights and for demonstrations, particularly those related to civil rights. Starting in 1939, for example, we see Marian Anderson give a concert on Easter morning here after being denied access to the Constitution Hall due merely to the color of her skin. Of course, Martin Luther King delivers what is arguably the most famous speech in American history from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.”
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ARCHIVE: Washington DC – 9 April 1939
18. Various STILLS of American contralto, Miss Marian Anderson during an outdoor concert on steps of Lincoln Memorial
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