Memorial contributes to nat'l significance of park under NR Criteria A because it represents national movement among veterans & related groups to commemorate major Civil War battlefields. Addt'l signif. under NR Criteria C for artistic values.
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U.S. National Park Service
Modeled on the Patheon, memorial is 54' in diameter, 62' high and reached by 47 granite steps. Doric Portico has sculpted tympanum and is topped by bronze eagle. Bas. Reliefs of Lincoln, Grant and Yates above entrance; interior has bronze tablets
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