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Why to never tell a lie....
Aug. 24th, 2006 02:05 pmeven if you are just joking. My great Aunts and cousins come down from Western NY about once a year. A couple of years ago, My Great Aunt Angie and a few of the cousins came down to DC and my Dad was taking them on a tour of the Lincoln memorial. Teasing my Aunt Angie is always a big fun thing to do in our family cause she's so funny! So, my dad began to tell her and the cousins about the history of the statue of Lincoln.
He said that the person whom carved it was secretly a southren sympathizer and carved the face of Robert E Lee on the back of Lincoln's head. That's why the back wall is so close to the back of the head; so no one can see the face of Robert E. Lee!
Well, my cousins and Aunt bought it...but so did everyone else in hearing distance. People were suddenly lining up to take pictures of the BACK of Lincoln's head even a half hour later as my family left! The story got passed around very quickly. :)
Well, I just did a quick google search about the story just to see how many people bought it and possibly posted pictures of the back of the head....apparently, TOO many! It's in wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
and even in the tourist guide!
http://www.thedistrict.com/placestogo/monumentsmemorials/lincolnmemorial.html
So to anyone out there that really thought Robert E. Lee's face was on the back of Lincoln's head; it was just a prank my Dad was pulling on my Aunt. Nothing more.
He said that the person whom carved it was secretly a southren sympathizer and carved the face of Robert E Lee on the back of Lincoln's head. That's why the back wall is so close to the back of the head; so no one can see the face of Robert E. Lee!
Well, my cousins and Aunt bought it...but so did everyone else in hearing distance. People were suddenly lining up to take pictures of the BACK of Lincoln's head even a half hour later as my family left! The story got passed around very quickly. :)
Well, I just did a quick google search about the story just to see how many people bought it and possibly posted pictures of the back of the head....apparently, TOO many! It's in wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
and even in the tourist guide!
http://www.thedistrict.com/placestogo/monumentsmemorials/lincolnmemorial.html
So to anyone out there that really thought Robert E. Lee's face was on the back of Lincoln's head; it was just a prank my Dad was pulling on my Aunt. Nothing more.
