There is nothing quite like it, though. The closest vibe to the Lincoln Memorial I've ever encountered is the occasional huge, unexpected Buddha statue in Thailand or Vietnam. Not to say that Lincoln is a religious figure! But it's obvious that someone had a clear, solid, living-and-breathing presence in their mind when they created it, and mastered every detail.
I do see a google books reference to marines behaving poorly at the event. "Guarding [the African American guests] were 'marines who were distasteful, discourteous, and abusive even to swearing in the presence of our colored women.'" Eric S. Yellin, Racism in the Nation's Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America.
There is nothing quite like it, though. The closest vibe to the Lincoln Memorial I've ever encountered is the occasional huge, unexpected Buddha statue in Thailand or Vietnam. Not to say that Lincoln is a religious figure! But it's obvious that someone had a clear, solid, living-and-breathing presence in their mind when they created it, and mastered every detail.
I never grow tired of seeing it.
Warren G. Harding, not William J.
Otherwise, great article! Sounds like it's been a great week so far.
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Rob
Of course. Thanks for pointing it out, Rob.
Thanks Kevin, that’s insightful.
One nit: from what I could find on the web, LTC Sherrill was a West Point graduate who served in the Army Corps of Engineers, not in the Marine Corps. See https://www.cfa.gov/about-cfa/who-we-are/clarence-o-sherrill
Thanks for the correction.
I do see a google books reference to marines behaving poorly at the event. "Guarding [the African American guests] were 'marines who were distasteful, discourteous, and abusive even to swearing in the presence of our colored women.'" Eric S. Yellin, Racism in the Nation's Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America.