Lincoln Memorial

To immortalize a human might be impossible but as long as one person knows your name, you are never truly dead. Throughout history, many groups and agencies have memorialized an event or created a memorial but there are more steps and factors in completing this action than most people believe. Memorials and events need to represent something and portray its background properly. When a group or agency memorializes an event or person and when they create a monument, they should include the factor…

the coolest thing that I believe we did was seeing Lincoln's tomb. As we rounded the bend and the anticipation was growing we finally saw the giant monument in his honor; it was magnificent. But, as if that wasn't cool enough their was a giant Lincoln head! Strangely the statue was quite dirty except for one spot on his nose which was still shining like it was new! We later found out it was like that because so many people had rubbed it for good luck before entering the tomb. After everyone…

speech on the steps of the Lincoln monument. Speaking at pivotal points in history, both President Lincoln and Dr. King allude to past…

From Segregation to Integration: Rhetorical Appeals in “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King Jr’s, “I Have a Dream,” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. is not just a speech. It speaks to men and women of all races. It addresses the issues of racism and how nothing has changed in over 100 years. It reiterates the work that Abraham Lincoln once tried to install with the Emancipation Proclamation. King knew the works of Aristotle with his thought of pathos, ethos, and logos, and he…

What is Arlington National Cemetery? Why does it matter to us in present-day American civilization? Many people ask these questions, and others that are similar, when the topic is brought up, because they lack an understanding of, or knowledge of, the answers. What those people don’t see is that Arlington is much more than a large patch of land filled with hunks of rocks and chunks of stone buried in the ground. Arlington is actually many other, more important things: a place of rest for some, a…

ambulance and decided to take me to Peoria since my dad would also be at that hospital. They were going to take me to Lincoln to the hospital, where my mom worked at. My aunt and my uncle was called and told to meet me there in Lincoln. My Aunt Tammie does not take emergencies that well at all. She freaks out in the Emergency room when they tell her that I’m not there in Lincoln. In fact, she starts screaming and yelling at the receptionist and they decide to put her in the psych room. But she…

Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Iwo Jima, The Vietnam Memorial, and the drawn out list continues of the many remarkable people and events that over the years artist have created memorials of/for. People create statues, plaques, mausoleums, etc., all for someone who has done something so phenomenal for this nation, as well of astonishing and even devastating events that have forever left an imprint on America and the rest of the world. Designing and having the task of dedicating a…

Dream” speech called for an end to racism and the beginning of civil and economic rights. King’s speech was giving on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The crowd consisted of more than 250,000 people of different races and nationalities. The speech was given at the Lincoln Memorial, the monument honoring President Abraham Lincoln who had…

most important speeches in the nation’s history was given on August 28th, 1963 by the most influential and iconic leader of the Civil Rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with more than 250,000 peaceful supporters marched to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The march was to rally the American public to celebrate 100 years of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and to support the changes necessary for racial equality and justice for colored people. Although there was…

When I was only ten years old, I told my mother I wanted to be a funeral director and/or embalmer when I got older. Thirteen years later, I am still saying that same phrase, but only this time it is hitting a little closer to home. I have been waiting 4,745 days to finally be able to say that I am only one year away from achieving that long term goal of mine and I could not be more excited. Although I knew exactly what I wanted to do at such young age, I did not apply to mortuary science…