Lincoln Memorial

This finding aid describes the Frank T. and Charles T. Chapman Collection, part of the National Capital Regional Office Museum Collection.

The man credited with proclaiming Memorial Day stands in bronze at Logan Circle, and the first Decoration Day speech was given across the river at Arlington. Ideas for end-of-year classroom projects built on the memorials of the National Mall.

In 2023 an outdoor exhibition asked artists what stories the National Mall leaves untold. Rangers turn the question into a class project: choose a subject, argue for it, design the memorial.