How many of you go to the Memorial Center in Washington, having no clue what it is about? This article wants to give you the main information about it, in order to let you enjoy your visit there.
The Lincoln Monument Association got incorporated by the Congress in March 1867, since it was requested to build a memorial to the slain President, but unfortunately no progress has been made until 1901, when the so-called McMillan Commission chose a West Potomac Park site for the memorial.