Daniel Chester French
French was a sculptor whose best-known work in Washington, DC, is the statue of President Abraham Lincoln inside the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial.</a> He also sculpted the statue of Victory which tops the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/129">First Division Monument </a>in President’s Park. From 1910-1915, French served as one of the first members of the US Commission for Fine Arts, which reviews new construction in Washington for design and aesthetics. This commission carried on the work of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/179">Senate Park Commission</a> who designed the Mall. One of French’s good friends and mentor, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/146">Augustus Saint-Gaudens,</a> was a member of that Commission.
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Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004671901/">View original.</a>
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First Division Monument
The First Division Monument, funded by the Society of the First Division, was first created to remember First Division soldiers who died while serving in World War I. The Monument, designed by Cass Gilbert and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/501">Daniel Chester French</a>, was dedicated in 1924. Since then, additions to the monument have been built to commemorate service in World War II, Vietnam War, and Desert Storm. Cass Gilbert Jr., son of the original sculptor, designed the World War II addition.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/thc/item/thc1995013277/pp/">View original</a>.
1924
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Lincoln Memorial
<p>Constructed between 1914 and 1922, the Lincoln Memorial consists of a large, columned, classically inspired structure with a statue of Lincoln in the interior. Inscribed on the interior walls are Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and his <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/493">Gettysburg Address</a>. The site has become a frequent stage for the civil rights demonstrations. African American opera singer <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/76">Marian Anderson</a> <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/101">performed there</a> after being barred from performing at then segregated Constitution Hall in 1939. In 1963 <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/90">Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> gave his <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/190">"I Have a Dream" speech</a> from the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/35">steps of the Lincoln Memorial</a>.</p>
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05/30/1922 (Dedicated)
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