You'll still contend with crowds, but it will be worth it. – Marisa Méndez, Senior Editor Although the Lincoln Memorial is just one of the District's many monuments, the larger-than-life Honest ...

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 ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as "a great ...