[/caption]February 12th will mark the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. His face adorns some of the most recognizable currency in the world and only a few hundred thousand or so people stood in his shadows during the Inauguration. The image etched in many Americans' mind is of a worn middle-age man with a grim look; a reflection of the monumental task of leading a divided nation through The Civil War, emancipation, and rededicating the nation to the ideals of unalienable rights. Lincoln was the first President whose entire political career took place in an era when light could capture images forever. The National Portrait Gallery is exploring Lincoln's public and private greatness in the exhibit entitled "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln". The exhibit will be up through July 5, 2009, but man original photographs will be replaced with replicas after his birthday, Feb. 12th. Go see it and wish President Lincoln a Happy Birthday, and maybe a 'Thanks Mr. President'.
The National Portrait Gallery is located at 8th and F St, NW and is open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/lincoln/
- Shawn Willis
please correct: it's the National Portrait Gallery -- not the National Gallery of Art as you write in the body of the text.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! We've corrected it.
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