Errin Haines / The 19thJan 20, 2025
As the holiday commemorating MLK coincides with Inauguration Day, we're provided a stark reminder of the duality of our democracy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, CALVIN WOODWARD and LYNN BERRY / The Associated PressJul 4, 2019
The president asks Americans to "stay true to our cause" in front of soggy, cheering spectators, many of them invited, at Lincoln Memorial. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
DARLENE SUPERVILLE / The Associated PressJul 2, 2019
District of Columbia officials complain the president is politicizing what has traditionally been a nonpartisan celebration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Mark Fiore / TruthdigJan 24, 2019
The firestorm that erupted after a group of MAGA-hat-wearing high schoolers taunted a Native American man on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial has yet to die down. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
ADAM BEAM and BRIAN MELLEY / The Associated PressJan 19, 2019
Videos show a disturbing scene as a youth stares at and stands very close to an elderly man after rallies in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKJun 6, 2017
What does it take to resist? The Truthdig columnist explained at a Veterans for Peace anti-war demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on Memorial Day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJun 1, 2016
The Republican presidential candidate's act is getting harder to pull off because now his words, often chosen for their shock value, have real consequences. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJul 26, 2013
One of the nation's best-known and most accessible treasures has been shut while preservationists work to remove green paint splattered on Abraham Lincoln's statue and his temple in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigAug 31, 2010
It’s easy to laugh off the weekend’s Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin show at the Lincoln Memorial. But don’t laugh just yet. The rally was a major event in the right wing’s effort to take over Congress and the presidency.
It’s easy to laugh off the weekend’s Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin show at the Lincoln Memorial -- but don't laugh just yet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Arthur Blaustein / TruthdigAug 31, 2010
I have a dream that the Yalie son of a Houston oil magnate can walk hand in hand with the daughter of a Wall Street hedge fund operator on the white sands of Southampton while evading inheritance taxes.I was inspired by Glenn Beck's speech at his "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington to write the speech he intended to make. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 30, 2010
Our morbid curiosity got the better of us and we went looking for video documentation of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor Rally." Hop past the jump for Sarah Palin speechifying, Beck describing himself as savior of America (sigh) and the inevitable music video. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 27, 2010
Before holding his Hubrisfest 2010 celebration on Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial, Glenn Beck says he's no Martin Luther King Jr., but would also like to point out that "African-Americans don't own Martin Luther King." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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