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> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Henry+Bacon">Henry Bacon</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Daniel+Chester+French">Daniel Chester French</a> Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002695614/">View original</a>. 05/30/1922 (Dedicated) <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890-1919">1890-1919</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1920-1949">1920-1949</a>