Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty I visited the Lincoln Memorial last weekend. The colossal 19-foot statue of Abraham Lincoln loomed above me, looking towards the East. Thinking big thoughts. My friend used to leave cupcakes on the steps for him when she was a child. It may be inspired by the Greek Parthenon, but it is built of Indiana limestone and Colorado Yule marble and stands for everything great about America. Read more at The Daily Beast.