Abe Lincoln Week: The Lincoln Memorial Has A Basement

We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about the 16th President. In this episode from February 2022, the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft, a space underneath the famous memorial that's a result of the engineering it took to build on that spot. Plus: a farmer in Takoma Park, Maryland honored the late president by carving his name into a beech tree. Over and over.Lincoln Memorial Undercroft (Atlas Obscura)The Presidents’ Tree (Friends of Sligo Creek)Party on with our Patreon backers, and keep our show growing