How is Abraham Lincoln honored?

Answer 1

A memorial--ANY memorial--begins as a concept to honor one person, a group of persons, or an event (for example: The Vietnam Wall of soldiers' names). People believed President Lincoln was a fantastic man, intelligent President, and great Orator, so they worked toward building a memorial in his honor. Not every famous person is elevated in honor to receive a memorial.

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln is honored by the Lincoln Memorial, by his image on the penny, by having towns, cities and streets named after him, and in many other ways.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln was honored because he ended slavery and without him, we would probably have slaves working in factories and have to be doing stuff like hard labor.

Answer 4

because he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves.

Answer 5

Because the Lincoln memorial was built to HONOR Abe Lincoln.

Exactly, you would hardly called a monument after Lincoln, if it had Jefferson instead

Answer 6

Because many people believe that he was a great president.

Answer 7

He is admired because he got the south to abolish slavery and he gave 5 formal speeches and many informal to bring the nation back together.