Lincoln Memorial Dbq Analysis

Agencies and groups should be memorializing an event or person in creating a monument. In doing this the existence of those who played a great role in history will forever be remember. Our society will also come together to see our history. Those who built these monuments worked hard trying to show history through their work. Those who have created America's history and have monuments will be remembered for what they have done and the viewers of the monument will never forget their work. In lincoln's time his memorial was none existent although when it was made it became a sight people com from across the world to see and has become a way of reliving history of a great man. “The site of lincoln memorial… lifetime… engineers” (source A)
“Everything about the experience marks it to as extraordinary and authoritative .” History if interpreted correctly by the current time periods could be the one thing to bring the world together. Mount rushmore is a very popular site in which the artwork and view is incredible,but also in which hundreds of people a day come to visit the sight. “ federal memorial and a federal icon” Those who create these famous icons work hard to complete them trying to show history through their artwork. Korczak Ziolkowski was the scupper of Mount Rushmore who worked on the project for more than 30 years. Ziolkowski eventually passed away and his widowed wife, Ruth, continued the project with her children. Ziolkowski was buried in front of the mountain. “A sculpter, korczak Ziolkowski, worked at… continues the mission with her many children” (Source C)