Lincoln Memorial Observations

I also went to see the Lincoln Memorial the day after the inauguration. Its a beautiful monument and Lincoln was one cool and interesting dude. Did you know that after Jesus, Abraham Lincoln is the most written about historical figure ever?

The monument itself has Lincoln sitting in a chair overlooking "the union", behind some majestic pillars. To his left and to his right, his most famous words are carved into stone.

Here's what I find interesting. Neither quote has to do with his Emancipation Proclamation (which declared Slaves free). Both excerpts are from his second inaugural address and refer mostly to the civil war (which was ongoing at the time) and urging the people to preserve the union. It would see to me that one selection from his second inaugural address and one selection from his Emancipation Proclamation would be a more just and relevent monument no?

It would be interesting to see when the monument was built, my guess is, based on that observation, it was built before the Civil Rights movement happened.