WDC News 2010
February 1, 2010
Celebrate Lincoln's birth month by visiting the Lincoln Memorial
February, Abraham Lincoln’s birth month, is a great time to visit the Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park. The Memorial site, designed by world renowned landscape architects Hargreaves Associates, frames artist Ed Hamilton’s 10-ft sculpture of Lincoln looking out over the Ohio River and his four bas reliefs that illustrate Lincoln’s strong ties to Kentucky.
Hamilton created Lincoln as a welcoming figure, sitting on a rock with book in hand and gesturing as if to welcome visitors and engage them in conversation. The four bas reliefs, a form of sculpture in which objects project slightly from a background, represent Lincoln’s childhood home in Kentucky; his rise in society and politics; the terrible toll that the Civil War took on the nation and Lincoln’s own family; and a scene that represents what helped form Lincoln’s abhorrence of the institution of slavery.
Ed Hamilton has been nationally recognized for his work, including the “Spirit of Freedom” memorial in Washington, DC, which honors African American troops of the Civil War, and the Amistad Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut. Hargreaves Associates, the designer of Waterfront Park, has designed high-profile projects all over the world, including the public spaces for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. HA is currently working on the site for the 2012 Olympics in London.
The Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park is open daily during park hours, from 6:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. The entrance is from the Lincoln Memorial Parking Lot, which is located on River Road between the Purple Parking Lot and the Big Four Bridge, just east of where I-65 crosses over River Road.
February, Abraham Lincoln’s birth month, is a great time to visit the Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park. The Memorial site, designed by world renowned landscape architects Hargreaves Associates, frames artist Ed Hamilton’s 10-ft sculpture of Lincoln looking out over the Ohio River and his four bas reliefs that illustrate Lincoln’s strong ties to Kentucky.
Hamilton created Lincoln as a welcoming figure, sitting on a rock with book in hand and gesturing as if to welcome visitors and engage them in conversation. The four bas reliefs, a form of sculpture in which objects project slightly from a background, represent Lincoln’s childhood home in Kentucky; his rise in society and politics; the terrible toll that the Civil War took on the nation and Lincoln’s own family; and a scene that represents what helped form Lincoln’s abhorrence of the institution of slavery.
Ed Hamilton has been nationally recognized for his work, including the “Spirit of Freedom” memorial in Washington, DC, which honors African American troops of the Civil War, and the Amistad Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut. Hargreaves Associates, the designer of Waterfront Park, has designed high-profile projects all over the world, including the public spaces for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. HA is currently working on the site for the 2012 Olympics in London.
The Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park is open daily during park hours, from 6:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. The entrance is from the Lincoln Memorial Parking Lot, which is located on River Road between the Purple Parking Lot and the Big Four Bridge, just east of where I-65 crosses over River Road.