Talk:Jefferson Memorial

Ionic or Ionian

Well, which is it? I don't like the word ionic. It sounds like chemistry. But do these words mean the same thing?Longinus876 (talk) 15:38, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Locate and include inscription

If you’re injecting fear into other people, then you’re trying to kill their minds. You’re trying to get them to stop thinking. That’s antithetical to the founding of this country. It’s on the Jefferson Memorial. I’m stealing this from Jefferson, but I’m also stealing it from the movie Born Yesterday. Bill Holden takes Judy Holliday to the Jefferson Memorial, and they read the inscription together. ‘I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.’ Fear is an attempt to impose tyranny over someone’s mind. It’s an act of oppression.[1]

Found. 209.26.202.234 (talk) 22:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

File:Jefferson Memorial At Dusk 1.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Picture of the day

The Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. designed by the architect John Russell Pope and built by the Philadelphia contractor John McShain from 1939 to 1943. It is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), one of the most important of the American Founding Fathers and the nation's third president. It is managed by the National Park Service.Photograph: Joe Ravi

Cato Institute

I think the criticism section is POV, considering that it consists primarily of one oppositional voice, heavily quoted, from a partisan think tank, which is apparently trying to take back ownership of jefferson from the New Deal era, and return it to the neoconservative movement. I think there may be some disagreement about this being "objective" and unchallenged. I think that pretty much any memorial, no matter how revered, can have a criticism found of it, so i dont have a problem with a secxtion. Statue of Liberty has a brief mention of opposition to the memorial, but doesnt have a section criticizing the entire premise of the memorial. The section would be better if it contained evidence that more than one voice has criticized the monuments ties to liberalism, esp in its use of quotes. my previous comment here was removed appropriately for its tone. im better now. If i can find some comments, either positive or negative, to add here, i will.(mercurywoodrose)50.193.19.66 (talk) 17:40, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Map

The map at the head of the article should show the exact location of the Memorial.Paulhummerman (talk) 13:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

It does, it's that red dot. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:12, 6 July 2020 (UTC)