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.
The statue was designed by Daniel Chester French, who worked to depict Lincoln during the Civil War, stately and dignified. Interestingly, though the memorial was approved decades earlier, construction did not begin until 1914, and the memorial opened to the public in 1922. To the left of the statue is Lincolnâs great speech, the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous in U.S. history.