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.

This wheat design remained on the penny until 1958, when it was replaced by the Lincoln Memorial design. As a result, the Lincoln Wheat Penny has become an iconic piece of U.S. coinage history ...

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 ...