the Lincoln Memorial

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

the Lincoln Memorial [the Lincoln Memorial] BrE NAmE
a large building in Washington, DC, in memory of President Abraham ↑Lincoln. It is made of ↑marble and the design by Henry Bacon was based on the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Memorial is in West Potomac Park at one end of the ↑Mall and was completed in 1922. Inside is a large statue of Lincoln sitting in a chair. The words of his ↑Gettysburg Address and his speech at his second ↑Inauguration Day are cut into stone inside the building.