Arrangement of States

State Names on Attic and Frieze: Above the colonnade is a frieze. The cornice, composed of a carved scroll regularly interspersed with projecting lions' heads, is ornamented, along the upper edge, with palmetto cresting. A bit higher is a garland, joined by ribbons and palm leaves, and supported by the wings of eagles. All ornamentation on the friezes and cornices was done by Ernest C. Bairstow. http://benjielayug.com/2017/06/lincoln-memorial-washington-d-c-u-s-a.html

Arrangement of state names on the Lincoln Memorial:
Carved into the stone exterior of the building are the names of all the states of the Union at the time of construction.

The structure is bounded by a colonnade. An entablature atop the 36 columns contains a frieze with the names of the 36 states that joined the Union before the end of the Civil War. Included are the states that seceded during that conflict, all of which ultimately returned.

Walls within the colonnade rise above the entablature forming an attic. Along the top of the attic walls are carved the names of the 48 states that were members of the Union when the memorial was completed in 1922. Hence many states appear twice.

Below each state name appears a Roman numeral. For the 13 original states, the numeral stands for the year that the state ratified the United States Constitution. For the next 35, the numeral denotes the year that the state entered the Union. A famous error involves the 17th state, Ohio, which entered the Union in 1803. For an unknown reason, the Memorial gives the year as 1802.

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