THE FACTS: The Lincoln statue and surrounding monument were not vandalized during recent protests, according to a spokesman for the National Mall and Memorial Parks, although some graffiti was ...

Authorities believe that the memorial was defaced about 1:30 a.m. Paint was splattered on the left side and base of the 19-foot-tall statue of Lincoln, who is depicted sitting in a thronelike ...

A meme is spreading a doctored image of the Lincoln Memorial covered in graffiti to falsely claim that protesters defaced the Lincoln statue. The image was taken from a thumbnail for a video on ...

Boston’s mayor is in favor of taking down a local statue of President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man, after a petition was launched for its removal, his office says.

But the Lincoln Memorial, like the Statue of Liberty, is one of those public structures that has taken on a life of its own. By popular decree, its message has changed — evolved — over time.

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...

REDLANDS – A small crowd turned out Friday for the unveiling of a long-awaited memorial to the family who made the Lincoln Memorial Shrine possible. Heavy rain likely kept the crowd small, bu… ...

The American Renaissance sculptor designed Abraham Lincoln, the larger-than-life seated statue at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as well as other monuments across the U.S.

Workers assemble sculptor Daniel Chester French’s Lincoln statue within the Lincoln Memorial on January 1, 1920. Set atop its base, the 19-by-19-foot statue soars to 30 feet. It weighs 175 tons.

The Lincoln Memorial is generally open around the clock to visitors. Park Rangers, however, leave their posts about 10 p.m. and return about 9 a.m. daily. "It's a real shame," says tourist Desma ...

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet – optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice – has been removed from its perch in ...