We know more than 50 young women auditioned for the part, which was described in its casting call for Caucasian actresses between ages 15 and 20 to be âunderfed but strong,â and ânaturally pretty underneath her tomboyishness,â according to the Wall Street Journal just days before Lawrence was crowned Katniss.
President Warren G. Harding speaking at the dedication, 1922. The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument.
Urban Legends of the Lincoln Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial was build to honor the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. Congressional approval for a memorial was difficult to obtain, and after several failed bills in the Taft administration, construction finally began on the memorial in 1914 under the Woodrow Wilson administration.