Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling the monument to the nation’s 16th president is a work in progress. And so is the nation Abraham Lincoln
Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling the monument to the nation’s 16th president is a work in progress. And so is the nation Abraham Lincoln saved and the dream Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned nearly 60 years ago as he spoke from the steps of the memorial. That's what visitors tell The Associated Press as the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom approaches. Tourists and residents visiting the Lincoln and MLK memorials and the African American Museum of History and Culture reflect on the historic speech and agree that while there have been steps backward, some progress has been made.
Lincoln Memorial Visitors Reflect On Gains Since March On Washington - Across America, US - The March on Washington led to reform, but the movement behind it still has unfinished business, visitors to the monument said.