Statues of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial . The great I 75-ton statue of Abraham Lincoln, inside the memorialon the banks of the Potomac, will be unveiled on Memorial day,May 30. The size of the statue can be estimated by comparisonwith the workman seen above the monument. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, TUESDAY, 31 AY 9, 1923 Washington Memorial to Lincoln Washington To Dedicate May 30 Memorial To Pres. Lincoln. BY FREDERIC J. HASKI Ni*ivX WASHINGTON, D. C, May 29—The30th of May this year will be markedby a ceremony of interest to the wholenation, and one unique in the historyof the United -States.
Statues of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial . The great I 75-ton statue of Abraham Lincoln, inside the memorialon the banks of the Potomac, will be unveiled on Memorial day,May 30. The size of the statue can be estimated by comparisonwith the workman seen above the monument. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, TUESDAY, 31 AY 9, 1923 Washington Memorial to Lincoln Washington To Dedicate May 30 Memorial To Pres. Lincoln. BY FREDERIC J. HASKI Ni*ivX WASHINGTON, D. C, May 29—The30th of May this year will be markedby a ceremony of interest to the wholenation, and one unique in the historyof the United -States. When the Lin-coln Memorial here is dedicated on ,that date the President of the United i firetT ?s the fam°us Gettysburg: addressStates, two former presidents, and thefof Lincoln the other, his second in-sons of still two other former presi paint crumble. Mr. Guerin mixed hispigments with kerosene and whitewax in order to guard against deteri-oration. Decorative Features. There are but two other main dec-orative features of the Memorial. The dents, will be present. PresidentHarding, William Howard Taft and augural address. Both of these arecarved on tablets of the same sort ofmarble that is used in the statue ana Woodrow Wilson, will take part in the j its base Henry Bacon was the architect ofthe Lincoln Memorial. He, too, al- ceremonies. There will also be pres-ent Robert Lincoln, son of the gr
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