On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated.

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Lincoln Memorial

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With Congressional approval and a $300,000 allocation, the project got underway. On February 12, 1914, contractor M. F. Comer of Toledo, Ohio; resident member of the memorial's commission, former Senator Joseph C. S. Blackburn of Kentucky; and the memorial's designer, Henry Bacon conducted a groundbreaking ceremony by turning over a few spadefuls of earth. The following month is when actual construction began. Work progressed steadily according to schedule. Some changes were made to the plan. The statue of Lincoln, originally designed to be 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, was enlarged to 19 feet (5.8 m) to prevent it from being overwhelmed by the huge chamber. As late as 1920, the decision was made to substitute an open portal for the bronze and glass grille which was to have guarded the entrance. Despite these changes, the Memorial was finished on schedule. Commission president William H. Taft – who was then Chief Justice of the United States – dedicated the Memorial on May 30, 1922, and presented it to United States President Warren G. Harding, who accepted it on behalf of the American people. Lincoln's only surviving son, 78-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln, was in attendance. Prominent African Americans were invited to the event and discovered upon arrival they were assigned a segregated section guarded by U.S. Marines.

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Tue May 30, 2023: On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated.

Tue May 31, 2022: (referring to an anniversary that had occurred a day earlier} The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated 100 years ago today. 🎂

The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated 100 years ago today. 🎂⁠
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Seventy-eight-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln at dedication of Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, today 1922:

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Mon May 30, 2022: On this day, May 30, 1922, 100 years ago today, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated.

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1. May 30th USED to be Memorial Day

Before the Monday holiday bill was passed.

I didn't quite understand about it, as it was a normal day except for the ceremony at the school.

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2. Take a look at my next thread, the one about Kennedy at Arlington. All will be made known.

Thanks, and good morning.