Long hidden graffiti scrawled on a pillar deep beneath the Lincoln Memorial may be a besotted worker’s drawing of a sexy screen siren from the silent age of film. Workers discovered the graffiti ...

An artist’s sketch of a woman hidden on concrete walls deep in the undercroft, or basement, of the Lincoln Memorial for over a century may be graffiti of the early film star Theda Bara, a National ...

WASHINGTON — It's been hot in the DMV. One image that perfectly reflects just how hot it has been was captured over the weekend, showing a wax sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial melting away in the ...

Mike Litterst stood in the cavernous space under the Lincoln Memorial and pointed out that 40 feet up you could see concrete beams that support the 175-ton marble sculpture of Abraham Lincoln.

Mention the name Daniel Chester French and the answer is usually a blank look. Follow that with, “Ya know, the guy who created the Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial.” Oh yeah, OK, that guy! Huh!

The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First Amendment.

WASHINGTON — One of D.C.’s most ambitious projects is underway at the Lincoln Memorial, however, the work isn’t being done above ground, but below. Construction workers make their way around dozens of ...

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 ...