May 18, 2022

Weitzman Team Helps Protect and Interpret Lincoln Memorial

View of Lincoln Memorial across water
The Lincoln Memorial is the subject of a new report commissioned by the National Park Service from the Urban Heritage Project at Weitzman.
Group of people with survey equipment in front of white NeoClassical facade
The Weitzman team at the Lincoln Memorial in 2021
Rows of buildings seen at a diagonal in sepia toned photo
A 1923 view of the “temporary” War Department Buildings that were constructed north of the Reflecting Pool beginning in 1917
Archival black and white photo looking between columns at crowd in
On April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from performing in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall. She drew a crowd estimated at 75,000 people.
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The Lincoln Memorial is the subject of a new report commissioned by the National Park Service from the Urban Heritage Project at Weitzman.
The Weitzman team at the Lincoln Memorial in 2021
A 1923 view of the “temporary” War Department Buildings that were constructed north of the Reflecting Pool beginning in 1917
On April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from performing in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall. She drew a crowd estimated at 75,000 people.