Four score and seven steps lead up to the memorial chamber.
But while the Lincoln Memorial is one of America’s best-known landmarks, there’s still more to learn.
It wasrededicated in 2009after being briefly removed for renovations to Judiciary Square.
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Four score and seven steps lead up to the Memorial chamber.
(TheNational Park Servicesays the number of steps wasn’t intentionally significant, though.)
The Memorial briefly bore a pretty embarrassing typo.
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It looks out over the home of Lincoln’s Southern foe.
Yes, Abraham Lincoln’s back is technically turned to the home of his Civil War enemy.
Either way, the connectionis officially meantto symbolize reconciliation and reunification.
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