LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT 100 — TEACHER WORKSHOP SERIES

Session 5: Lincoln Memorial 'Geostory'

Join National Mall and Memorial Parks rangers and their friends for a teacher professional development series in honor of the completion of the Lincoln Memorial 100 years ago in 1922. March's session will be presented by Ranger Sonya Popelka, who will dig deep into the geologic stories represented by the Lincoln Memorial.

The geologic overview of the Washington, DC area lays the foundation for finding how geology influences the scenery, development, and history of this area. DC's geology plays an important role in why this location was chosen to be the site of the new capital city. Once chosen, DC's rapid development created irreversible impact - namely the increased sediment in the Potomac River. A dredging and reclamation project made the river once more navigable, and at the same time extended the land area of the National Mall to the west and south with fill from the project. On this reclaimed land, memorials were erected to honor presidents and war veterans, each constructed with stones that not only provide the building blocks of each structure, but strengthen the themes and ideas of each memorial as well.