With a design influenced by the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, the Lincoln ... at night anymore, but the Jefferson Memorial is. In its open-air rotunda, you'll gaze up at a 19-foot bronze statue ...

Additional steel was added under the floor of the memorial to prepare for the statue of Lincoln to be placed ... as a joyous ...

Reaching the statue does require walking up some steps – there are 87 (or four score and seven) from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the chamber where the figure sits. Elevators are also ...