US Park Service to Spruce Up Lincoln Memorial

On a snowy Presidents’ Day holiday in Washington, D.C., journalists and members of the National Park Service trekked underground beneath one of the country’s most famous monuments. Cartoons and graffiti drawn by workers nearly 100 years ago can still be seen on the pilings that anchor the Lincoln Memorial to its foundation at the west end of the National Mall. Officials conducted the tour of the monument, built in honor of the 16th President of the United States, to highlight repairs...

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