On the walls were carved a couple of his most famous speeches. One was the Gettysburg Address.

Another was his second inaugural address.

This poster was in the basement of the Lincoln Memorial. All around the room were display cases full of news from the struggle for civil rights. Victory after victory in state after state. It was clear that the name Abraham Lincoln still stirs many to action.

I didn't stay to read them because I was distracted by my thirst and the impossibility of finding a working water fountain. They had a water fountain, but years of neglect had slowed the water flow to an unusable trickle.