November, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was an "after thought" speaker at the Gettysburg National Cemetery dedication. This tall structure in the center of the beautiful cemetery marks the spot of the speech.
Capturing the late afternoon shadow, this memorial is one of the few world-wide that commemorates a speech which is carved in full on either side of the Lincoln bust.
NIce images...I love the composition of that first one especially...the lower graves on the left 2/3's of the pic w/ the tall speech marker really balances out the image!
ReplyDelete"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Words worth commemorating.
ReplyDeleteI likje the composition on the first one, placing the tall thing very much in the side of the photo
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