Monuments

THis is The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, constructed in memory of FDR in 1955 as per commissioned by Congress for leading the U.S out of the Great Depression and WWII. This  park-like memorial  features four outdoor gallery rooms depicting 12 years of FDR’s presidency. I really like this monument because FDR was one of my favorite presidents,being such a strong man with a handicap. He did not let his disadvantage hinder his work, and successfully brought about the recovery of U.S economy after the Great Depression, able to hold the people united to a cause in a time of turmoil. His presidency was also during the time of WWII, a period of international chaos. Under his guidance, we were able to get into the war, help the Allies, and come out of the war as a superpower.

Of course I had to put this in here! The one and only Lincoln Memorial. It is located on the National Mall, a tribute to president Abraham Lincoln. It was designed by Henry Bacon. It features seven-foot diameter columns that stretch 44 feet high, a style similar to a Greek temple. The structure’s 36 columns represent the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death. A 19-foot marble statue of Lincoln sits in the center of the memorial and the words of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address are written on the walls. President Lincoln was the president credited with the ending of slavery, moving the U.S onto the road towards racial equality. Though it was long from being achieved, he was the one who made the road more visible. This is important to me because I've never been here, and I feel that president Lincoln was one of the presidents with the more contributions to the U.S.

This is the African- American Civil War monument. It was designed by architects Devrouax and Purnell in 1998. It is the only memorial to colored troops in the Civil War. This monument is found across the African-American Civil War museum. This memorial is one of the ones I find important because back in the Civil War era, racism was very much prevalent, and this is a first step for the US to redeem itself, and though it took a long time, the contributions of African-Americans in holding the nation together was finally acknowledged. I thought this was step in pursuing equality, one of the principles of American Government.