Abraham

Lincoln is a great hero of mine. I must have a dozen different pictures exactly like this one taken over the years. Every time I go to DC, I take this same photo again.

The inscription reads:

In this temple
As in the hearts of the people
For whom he saved the Union
The memory of Abraham Lincoln
Is enshrined forever

Lincoln was our greatest president. You cannot understand the civil war and its aftermath (with which we are still struggling) without taking to heart the message contained in his second inaugural address.