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Why the Lincoln Memorial was almost never built

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  • Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024

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  • @hollowverium
    @hollowverium 5 лет назад +438

    am i supposed to watch this with 3d glasses

    • @pkabi
      @pkabi 4 года назад +5

      i think????

    • @r22gamer54
      @r22gamer54 4 года назад +1

      ?

    • @mnf2139
      @mnf2139 4 года назад +5

      I'm glad I'm not the only one

  • @PacifistSoap
    @PacifistSoap 7 лет назад +364

    "This is my swamp."
    -Joseph Gurney Cannon

  • @victorbeysmith
    @victorbeysmith 7 лет назад +1689

    why is cannan pictured as the bad guy with a lack of vision and against change, he wanted the memorial to be in a better place, i dont get it...

    • @corhydron111
      @corhydron111 7 лет назад +318

      I don't get it either. He wanted it to be in a beautiful garden for the poor, so why does she even call him a fiscal conservative? Fiscal conservatives are for limiting public spending, especially for the poor.

    • @wevear
      @wevear 7 лет назад +98

      Victor Bey-Smith I think even Lincoln would've been against his memorial.

    • @corhydron111
      @corhydron111 7 лет назад +144

      Plus, I don't want to sound rude, because there is a lot of beautiful and visionary architecture in the US, but I really don't think this memorial looks good. It's just so underdone, it looks really out of place. It's like a huge portable toilet with some marble pillars. I live in a small town in Europe and there is a classicist church right next to my house that looks better than this. And that church was bombed three times.

    • @spencerpoore5805
      @spencerpoore5805 7 лет назад +30

      Victor Bey-Smith he was also against Theodore Roosevelt's conservation and national parks.

    • @victorbeysmith
      @victorbeysmith 7 лет назад +33

      Well yes Spencer poore​ but the video doesn't seem very nuanced and only shows this one side of him, seems very biased.
      And corhydron111​ agreed, how is the memorial "innovation" same, im in France and there are tens of hundreds of more beautiful monuments and buildings all over the place that show real innovation fpr their time. If anything the Lincoln Memorial is a waste of money (not 2 b rude) which could be a reason for Cannan

  • @petroglyph888mcgregor2
    @petroglyph888mcgregor2 3 года назад +135

    At 3:22, she said that Cannon "wanted it to be a garden for the poor." Sounds like he was a really nice guy.

    • @richardmiranda640
      @richardmiranda640 3 года назад +1

      Right! God bless theGrand Old Party.

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад +4

      A garden would of been better than a huge memorial celebrating a man like he was a god.

  • @ThatChubbyDude
    @ThatChubbyDude 7 лет назад +836

    Long story short: There was swamp where the memorial was going to be and a guy didn't want to spend that much money renovating the swamp land.

    • @RandomPerson-jo7cw
      @RandomPerson-jo7cw 5 лет назад +34

      In few words
      Shrek and his swamp

    • @moleo9485
      @moleo9485 3 года назад +1

      @@RandomPerson-jo7cw This is MY swamp now

    • @justnoah2073
      @justnoah2073 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, but the whole story is interesting.

    • @831santacruzloc
      @831santacruzloc 3 года назад +10

      3:19 Congress wanted to turn the swamp into a park but canon had suggestions of turning it into “garden for the poor”.
      That sounds like a great reason to oppose putting a monument up for someone who freed hundreds of thousands poor farm workers.

    • @myhackedxbox
      @myhackedxbox 3 года назад +6

      it wasnt about the money... he didnt want to desecrate lincolns image by building a memorial in a swamp. it was in the video man im suprised no one corrected you in 4 years.

  • @foxbasealpha
    @foxbasealpha 4 года назад +73

    My late grandmother who grew up in Washington, D.C. remembered seeing the Lincoln Memorial being built.

  • @lycheeblossoms7443
    @lycheeblossoms7443 4 года назад +184

    Can you imagine walking to the memorial and you see this random person holding a picture frame, a telephone and moving it around in front of a camera?

    • @richardmiranda640
      @richardmiranda640 3 года назад +5

      YT film maker

    • @luke_darga
      @luke_darga Год назад +5

      That’s far from the strangest thing you can see in DC.

  • @jphamspam
    @jphamspam 7 лет назад +519

    is it just me or is the red and blue outlines trippy

    • @TheTrippleTKA
      @TheTrippleTKA 7 лет назад +76

      also, kind of ... out of place. It doesn't go with the story. Vox is all about making the effects fit their stories. They should've done some vintage-y stuff. Not some futuristic 80's-like style.

    • @CmdrFirewalker
      @CmdrFirewalker 7 лет назад +7

      I think the video might be stereoscopic, but probably not exactly the right kind for the red/cyan glasses I got lying around (they make (some?) of the text and pointers float, but rob me of color).
      There are stereoscopic color-filter-combinations that are claimed to be almost unnoticeable with bare eyes, so it might be one of them.
      if it is it's superfluous, as youtube allows you to adjust the stereoscopy to the glasses you have, if the video is uploaded as stereoscopic.

    • @SLE3PR
      @SLE3PR 7 лет назад +23

      It's horrible. Shame, Vox. Shame.

    • @mitchellbarnhart6387
      @mitchellbarnhart6387 7 лет назад +18

      Its 3d, put on some 3d glasses

    • @IgnatRemizov
      @IgnatRemizov 7 лет назад +12

      It's called chromatic aberration. You take an RGB image, and shift the R and G color layers slightly. It is an effect used to stylize pieces of art to look futuristic yet also slightly retro (as a callback to older 3d video techniques).
      Here it was heavily overused, and over exaggerated. Very sore on the eyes. Shame on vox, hopefully they won't make the same mistake twice.

  • @Patri_Fides
    @Patri_Fides 7 лет назад +179

    The old man impression wasn't necessary.

    • @HarshDude126
      @HarshDude126 3 года назад +3

      Yes, it was.

    • @richardmiranda640
      @richardmiranda640 3 года назад

      Clearly, he was an old man and the kind that give old men a bad name. God bless the G.O.P.

  • @OXIDElead
    @OXIDElead 7 лет назад +62

    4:18 that's not where sound comes out of a phone...

    • @paciic
      @paciic 4 года назад +3

      r/facepalm

    • @831santacruzloc
      @831santacruzloc 3 года назад +2

      Just a hint to those who are actually paying attention to the video...
      I guess canon was saying memorializing a man (who is literally remembered for freeing poor farm workers) is not as important as having farmland for the poor. Seems legit.

  • @williamdevane944
    @williamdevane944 7 лет назад +98

    I'm a seventh generation southerner and second generation fan of Lincoln because bitter, resentful, and stupid is no way to go through life without a guaranteed income.

    • @Pablo123456x
      @Pablo123456x 7 лет назад +7

      Awesome comment. Sharp and funny as good ol Abe.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 7 лет назад +2

      Your great-grandfather just rolled over in his grave...

    • @thesssradio5008
      @thesssradio5008 6 лет назад

      Which state in the south. Deep South or kentucky

    • @Tom-eq7eh
      @Tom-eq7eh 5 лет назад +5

      Scary to think that 5 generations of Southerners could hate a man who abolished slavery, really says something about some Americans.

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 5 лет назад

      @@Tom-eq7eh how? Dont you mean southerners?

  • @kylewarnke9665
    @kylewarnke9665 7 лет назад +348

    Could do without the annoyingly distracting old-man voice you guys chose for Cannon. Otherwise, very good video.

    • @BT-ex7ko
      @BT-ex7ko 7 лет назад +34

      also the ridiculous amounts of chromatic aberration effects.

    • @person-iw8qj
      @person-iw8qj 6 лет назад +4

      the voice is because his quotes are laughably curmudgeonly

  • @user-us6nh5qy8q
    @user-us6nh5qy8q 7 лет назад +744

    This is Vox's 420th video, does this explain something?

    • @cagedtigersteve
      @cagedtigersteve 7 лет назад +110

      Lincoln was high.

    • @TheTrippleTKA
      @TheTrippleTKA 7 лет назад +99

      No. Now I'm disappointed. They should delete an old video and remake the 420th, with some cool research on pot that we don't already know about.

    • @tehcrikmasteh5608
      @tehcrikmasteh5608 7 лет назад +7

      TheTrippleTKA yes please vox yes

    • @Dude-gd5wm
      @Dude-gd5wm 7 лет назад +19

      or Hitlers birthday...

    • @lucyhannah1227
      @lucyhannah1227 7 лет назад +13

      when I was reading this, this video had 420 comments 0_0

  • @karlmcnutty5323
    @karlmcnutty5323 5 лет назад +29

    "Get out of my swamp!" - Joe Cannon, the inspiration for Shrek. Donkey helped him out.

  • @realsmollbean
    @realsmollbean 3 года назад +6

    The Washington monument was also almost not built too. Washington himself said it was a waste of resources, but after he died he had no say as he had no words as he was dead, so they built it then.

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад +1

      Poor dude. They should of respected his wishes.

  • @bajojohn
    @bajojohn 7 лет назад +14

    I'm glad we got a Greek temple rather than a pyramid.

  • @faidiefak
    @faidiefak 7 лет назад +228

    Their videos are so quality oh my god

    • @miniena7774
      @miniena7774 7 лет назад +10

      Unlike you.

    • @davebilldavebill961
      @davebilldavebill961 7 лет назад +3

      Greg Caesar boom roasted

    • @miniena7774
      @miniena7774 7 лет назад +3

      ***** It's the internet, if you weren't already aware. People (whom are at least somewhat sane) aren't searching for 100% accurate "rebuttals." One would know what point I was attempting to convey, as per their viewing of the context it was placed in.
      As such, if you're going to attempt to correct me, at the very least word yourself in a...somewhat understandable manner.

    • @thegoldensubway4182
      @thegoldensubway4182 7 лет назад +2

      Theyre so quality?

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 7 лет назад +10

      TheGoldenSubway
      so quality, very production.

  • @jenlennon6614
    @jenlennon6614 6 лет назад +7

    I just had a thought about possible symbolism behind the Lincoln Memorial. Hear me out on this. The building that the big statue of Lincoln is inside is clearly based off of Greek temple style of architecture. This is to represent the view that many had and still have of Lincoln on the surface as almost a deity like figure who was to be revered as such. But going inside you see Lincoln sitting in his chair peaceful yet contemplative. While he is large he is still approachable. You can get pretty close to Lincoln and see the human imperfections in his face. The inscription behind him speaks not of a deity like reverence but a reverence based off of his important impact in saving the union and freeing the slaves. One could even say the size of the statue is reflective of this. He is not a behemoth of a deity figure but a person who's large and important impact on this country is what makes him large in our hearts and minds just as he is in the memorial. The point I'm getting at is that the memorial presents the Building Lincoln is in as one of a God but upon a closer look we see the true Lincoln. We see Abraham Lincoln an American man born as common as everyone else who despite the uphill battles he sometimes faced made enormous impact in the lives of the entire country for the rest of his history and furthermore broke the chains of the oppressed slaves and led them to freedom.

  • @tubewoodycool
    @tubewoodycool 7 лет назад +146

    Why are all these American memorials and stuff always built to look like they're thousands of years, when in reality they're like 200 years old?

    • @henrymurphy7067
      @henrymurphy7067 7 лет назад +114

      tubewoodycool Neo-classicism (reviving Ancient Greek and roman architecture) was huge in the 18th century, you can see the same style in a lot of European (especially English) buildings of the period

    • @jimtuv
      @jimtuv 7 лет назад +102

      It is because our political system was designed by men who admired the Greek and Roman system of governance. They design the architecture to acknowledge that.

    • @Gardehesten
      @Gardehesten 7 лет назад +34

      Because of the lack of American architectural history at that point in time. It is a young nation, even younger then. And as mentioned by others here, they admired the old Greek and Roman ways of governance. To me, it's still strange to see new buildings erected in the same style. There are great examples of modern American architecture, that capture your society of present day. Shouldn't it be the point to make a statement of the age the building is built? I'm not a big fan of Neo-classicism in either England nor the US. I'm also glad the memorial didn't turn out as a pyramid hah.

    • @tubewoodycool
      @tubewoodycool 7 лет назад +1

      It was more of a rethorical question but I agree with you Gard

    • @Gardehesten
      @Gardehesten 7 лет назад

      hah, it went straight over my head :)

  • @cryofpaine
    @cryofpaine 4 года назад +3

    A Lincoln pyramid would have been horribly ironic. A monument to the man who freed the slaves in the form of monuments that were originally built by slaves.

  • @forreal7403
    @forreal7403 7 лет назад +6

    When you look at the history of things, it just makes you appreciate it more

  • @coolidgedollar2154
    @coolidgedollar2154 7 лет назад +13

    And to think that Frank Gehry once said, *"The Lincoln Memorial is in the form of a Greek temple. What’s that got to do with Lincoln?”* You read that right: The most famous living architect in the world doesn't understand the history of architecture. And we throw millions of dollars at that man to build monuments of his own.

  • @corhydron111
    @corhydron111 7 лет назад +154

    Am I the only one who really doesn't get how this building is considered beautiful? Don't get me wrong, I think USA is full of beautiful, visionary architecture, but this monument seems so underdone. Like, I live in a small town in eastern Europe and a classicist church down my street looks better than this. And that church was bombed three times.

    • @dothedeed
      @dothedeed 7 лет назад +32

      The monument includes the pool

    • @jason200912
      @jason200912 7 лет назад +13

      looks like a rectangle with pillars to me

    • @PFAlt
      @PFAlt 7 лет назад +3

      +jason200912 TIL a 3D building hollow prism comrpized of multiple columns is comparable to a 2D shape with cylinders on it.

    • @wyattrowe8396
      @wyattrowe8396 7 лет назад +35

      It's the lack of complexity that makes it beautiful.

    • @melani3149
      @melani3149 7 лет назад +31

      I think you have to go to understand it's beauty. The first and only time I've been to the monument, it was a rainy April night and it was one of the best moments of my life. Standing next to enormous columns below this giant statue and looking out over the mall in the rain was a magical moment. Picture really don't do it any justice

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 6 лет назад +19

    Maybe the guy was right. Why not a park and other measures to help the poor

  • @MrNailbrain
    @MrNailbrain 7 лет назад +27

    Immagine the Illuminati-theoires if they had build it as a pyramid!

  • @dahliacecily
    @dahliacecily 7 лет назад +18

    Weird montage but cool topic

  • @t_ylr
    @t_ylr 7 лет назад +21

    Think of all the Illuminati videos we could have had about the Lincoln pyramid.

  • @jsmn5059
    @jsmn5059 7 лет назад +8

    There is, however, a lot of value in the sort of practical utilitarian mindset Cannon had. Are we truly better off for having the Lincoln memorial situated on the National Park rather than a park for the poor? Grand artistic projects like the Lincoln Memorial cost money, and the stance that we should spend money on improving access to basic humans rights (water, food, education, housing) for those who don't have them over magnificent monuments to dead people, however admirable, is legitimate. The Lincoln Memorial was, after all, built during the Gilded Age - a time in which the creation of spectacular works of art, whether monuments or mansions, took precedent over social programs.

    • @adanactnomew7085
      @adanactnomew7085 2 года назад

      The National Mall is also a park for the poor, or just everyone more broadly.

  • @jacksulley8928
    @jacksulley8928 7 лет назад +2

    Never stop making these videos, you guys rock

  • @Ahmed-N
    @Ahmed-N 3 года назад +1

    VOX's editing style has come a long way since 2016...

  • @coloradohikertrash9958
    @coloradohikertrash9958 8 месяцев назад +1

    "It was terrifying. One moment you're at home, answering the door, and the next, you're stuck in some kind of suit. ... The only thing you can do is look through two little holes. It was some kind of mask, and whenever the sun shined near, I could see the inside of it. It was a familiar face. Every few nights straws would be put through the holes and someone would feed me some weird soup. ... They don't care if I talk about it or not. No one would take me seriously. Lincolnlooking is just... too absurd."
    ~ Maya Arnoldson on being a former Lincolnlooker.

  • @diveenvarma5068
    @diveenvarma5068 6 лет назад +16

    He seemed reasonable. Why spend 2 million dollars on a memorial?

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад

      They could of built a whole school with that money.

    • @scipioprime69
      @scipioprime69 2 года назад +3

      Im 4 years late but if you know what Abraham Lincoln did for the USA, he deserves that 2 million dollar memorial.

  • @ThatGuyCanmanNC
    @ThatGuyCanmanNC 6 лет назад +4

    I’m related to that guy. He’s like my great great great grandfather. (I think)

  • @ConnorLonergan
    @ConnorLonergan 5 лет назад +3

    When I clicked on this my thought, it was going to be some folks in the south still pissed about losing the civil war

  • @tonyzan5268
    @tonyzan5268 7 лет назад +21

    you have to understand that there are pockets of the country that refer to the civil war as the war of northern aggression

    • @Frost517
      @Frost517 7 лет назад

      So much pettiness happened back then...and it lead to a country today that is as petty as ever.

    • @electronpusher604
      @electronpusher604 7 лет назад

      duh

    • @chadvogel3594
      @chadvogel3594 7 лет назад +10

      yea because they live in the past and are ignorant

  • @BRabbit716
    @BRabbit716 3 года назад +2

    I get the old dude, he didn’t want his homies memory to be in a swap

  • @adamkilam
    @adamkilam 7 лет назад +17

    is this the one on fallout 3?

  • @MrTuffarts
    @MrTuffarts 7 лет назад +6

    Next it should get a roof line, it looks unfinished.

  • @kevinfarrell85
    @kevinfarrell85 3 года назад +2

    All those picture frames were really annoying

  • @victorgabrielbuena
    @victorgabrielbuena 6 лет назад

    This was extremely interesting and beautiful! I loved what you did with the picture frames and the park :D

  • @MrSafer
    @MrSafer 7 лет назад +2

    anyone else find it odd how they put Lincoln in what is essentially a pantheon. werent pantheon's places of the gods in greece?

  • @jacobw2573
    @jacobw2573 7 лет назад +6

    Picture frames a little pedantic.

  • @angelrios5897
    @angelrios5897 5 лет назад +1

    There's virtue in a tempered passion. Whilst lack of vision is problematic, so to is making change for the sake of making change.

  • @davidjenkins4838
    @davidjenkins4838 7 лет назад +26

    Should've been a garden for the poor, regardless.

  • @MultiSupporter
    @MultiSupporter 7 лет назад +51

    back in the good ol days when republicans were left leaning

    • @flylcarusfly
      @flylcarusfly 7 лет назад +26

      "He wanted to build a park there for the poor"... Times sure do change...

    • @antipyrene
      @antipyrene 7 лет назад +7

      Cannon was actually considered a conservative and enemy of progressive Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt

    • @harryeverett2152
      @harryeverett2152 7 лет назад +4

      commie

    • @Denutvalde94
      @Denutvalde94 7 лет назад +5

      It's easy to be "visionary" when you are spending other people's money.

    • @dasher787
      @dasher787 6 лет назад +5

      and when democrats were right-leaning

  • @ZCVG
    @ZCVG 7 лет назад +14

    "If
    I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would
    do it" - Abraham Lincoln

  • @Legionaairre
    @Legionaairre 7 лет назад +4

    I liked the ideas of skyscrapers on capitol hill.

  • @mxferro
    @mxferro 6 лет назад +2

    STOP with monuments to politicians!!! The nation needs to be brought together behind joint causes to the PEOPLE...not to individuals!!!

  • @Nox_Bishop
    @Nox_Bishop 6 лет назад +1

    The 3D effect strained my eyes. Omg

  • @Vempsterful
    @Vempsterful 7 лет назад +42

    Vox says that "we ask our politicians to be visionaries", I don't think Vox would want anything remotely close to remembering anyone because they as so many are in fear of offending others.

    • @randomguy5990
      @randomguy5990 7 лет назад +18

      What ?

    • @Vempsterful
      @Vempsterful 7 лет назад +3

      gfhf fghgfhgf I know, Vox and many other SJW's and Feminists, reasoning for my comment, they wouldn't dare try to build something that would immortalise because they simply are too scared.

    • @randomguy5990
      @randomguy5990 7 лет назад +24

      too much neck beard for one comment

    • @Vempsterful
      @Vempsterful 7 лет назад

      gfhf fghgfhgf I think we are all Liberals in someway.

    • @Vempsterful
      @Vempsterful 7 лет назад

      gfhf fghgfhgf We all hold a little of some, we would be hypocrites to deny any.

  • @sanjam8747
    @sanjam8747 7 лет назад

    Okay the couple at 2:00 taking a picture gave me so much hope

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад

      Why? Because they’re different ethnicities?

  • @deemey95
    @deemey95 6 лет назад

    for anyone wondering, the lovely lady in pink is Dr. Lisa Benton-Short, department chair and professor of Geography at the George Washington University.

  • @cameronwoo2783
    @cameronwoo2783 7 лет назад +10

    I thought I was watching a Casey Neistat vlog at the beginning 😂

  • @HumeanPiano
    @HumeanPiano 7 лет назад +1

    once a museum, always a fancy one

  • @stevenbehnke4751
    @stevenbehnke4751 7 лет назад

    I love you guys so much! Keep up the great work!

  • @Lieblingsfachful
    @Lieblingsfachful 6 лет назад +1

    A memorial to a politician built on a swamp, seems fitting.

  • @ronmader
    @ronmader 7 лет назад +1

    6:45 We can see what's always been there. Seeing what's next is the tough part.

    • @Firesneaker
      @Firesneaker 4 года назад

      Me in minecraft, trying to decide where to put my main base at

  • @CameronCourts
    @CameronCourts 5 лет назад +1

    Does anyone have any idea how much that marble would cost today? I can't imagine that it would be even feasible now.

  • @Frost517
    @Frost517 7 лет назад

    I never learned any of this in high school or community college. This was awesome.

  • @njaa8597
    @njaa8597 7 лет назад +3

    For a second I though this video was starting off with human music XD

  • @lemonjelloguy1
    @lemonjelloguy1 6 лет назад +2

    3:57 nice burka

  • @AthenaSaints
    @AthenaSaints 6 лет назад +1

    7:04, I guess pyramid will not work because pyramid is a tomb, nobody want to tour a place of death. Second, U.S. is essentially an extension of Greek, Roman and British tradition, not really an Egyptian one.

  • @jamesgriffin7410
    @jamesgriffin7410 7 лет назад

    What is the cite for Cannon's quote "tender feet... art" line? Awesome vid!

  • @minwang52
    @minwang52 7 лет назад +2

    This is a good case where a fiscal conservatism and lack of vision is ultimately proven wrong. But there are also many instances where spending on public projects or monuments are proven to be wasteful. No one has a crystal ball to see into the future, all we can ever do is use our best judgement at the time and hope for the best. I think this is one of the reason where you want to have check and balances in government's decision making so no one end of the political spectrum dominates.

  • @shineshinexc
    @shineshinexc 5 лет назад

    one minor thing, when Ruth is talking on the phone sound would come from the ear piece not the voice receiver. Cheers love Vox videos

  • @antonvernooy6186
    @antonvernooy6186 4 года назад

    The music that comes in at 1:04 is so out of place I thought I had a popup add playing in the background. Anyone else agree? But on another note, the video was a great story that I had never heard of at all

  • @rickwalker1989
    @rickwalker1989 7 лет назад

    Phil Edward's is definitely one of Vox' best assets

  • @lucyhannah1227
    @lucyhannah1227 7 лет назад

    sometimes i wish these videos were feature-length documentaries so I could relax with popcorn and just leeeeeeeearn.

  • @ALLTHESAVED
    @ALLTHESAVED 7 лет назад +2

    So the National Mall isn't actually a mall, right? I'm not from the states so I don't know, is it just the name for a large park?

    • @MrLylehammer
      @MrLylehammer 7 лет назад +1

      It's not an actual mall (as in shopping center) but a huge park featuring key national monuments and museums. The National Mall includes (but not limited to) the Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian Museum, Washington Monument, the White House, the US Capitol Building, etc.

  • @KountryKang88
    @KountryKang88 4 года назад +1

    I stopped looking because of the picture frames

  • @ElMariuuu
    @ElMariuuu 7 лет назад

    The artistic design is as magnificent as always !!

  • @nunnaurbiznez8815
    @nunnaurbiznez8815 4 года назад +1

    What is with the picture frames? And the weird sound design? Is this an art piece? I'm not even sure what you were talking about, the music and picture frames were too distracting.

  • @lobecosc
    @lobecosc 7 лет назад

    Very Interesting. I didn't know that. That's how that building on Independence Ave got it name. Good info about Joe Cannon as well.

  • @merlinwhench1395
    @merlinwhench1395 7 лет назад +2

    I hate that picture frame that they keep holding

  • @JohnSmith-td7hd
    @JohnSmith-td7hd 7 лет назад

    The "National Mall" or "Mall", made famous in the video game Fallout 3....

  • @brandonarrington8220
    @brandonarrington8220 5 лет назад +1

    everyone on planet earth :
    vox : WHY THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL WAS ALMOST NEVER BUILT

  • @myphone-kw8xj
    @myphone-kw8xj 6 лет назад +1

    Bro you seriously need to get a DJ

  • @Nonamearisto
    @Nonamearisto 7 лет назад +1

    There's a line between being a visionary and a megalomaniac. To dismiss all skeptics as "lacking vision" blinds oneself to the possibility that it may actually be a bad idea. That said, the Lincoln Memorial was a good idea.

  • @CintreuseGrande
    @CintreuseGrande 5 лет назад +1

    Why did you make a bunch of the clips in blue and red 3D it kinda hurt my eyes.

  • @comptonassimps
    @comptonassimps 7 лет назад

    Am I the only one that noticed the voice coming out of the wrong side of the phone?

  • @schnitzelsemmel
    @schnitzelsemmel Год назад +1

    i would've preferred a public park instead of a giant waste of money

  • @IgnatRemizov
    @IgnatRemizov 7 лет назад +1

    Please never use the chromatic aberration effect again. It ruins the original artwork, and it's sore on the eyes.

  • @goopcat
    @goopcat 6 лет назад +1

    I forgot my 3D glasses

  • @projectwaveform
    @projectwaveform 7 лет назад +6

    VOX your last few videos seem to be cut off at the ends.

    • @adhouston99
      @adhouston99 7 лет назад +6

      Jonathan D. R. Hall-Neal-Bayne Are you on mobile? The videos that have special annotations at the end cause the video to cut to the end. RUclips hasn't fixed the bug yet.

  • @TheChurchHistoryChannel
    @TheChurchHistoryChannel 6 лет назад +2

    Can you imagine all the conspiracy theories if they had built a Lincoln pyramid?

  • @Emmajh97
    @Emmajh97 5 лет назад +2

    Am I the only one who really dislikes the editing/effects in this?
    Half the time it's the stupid picture-frame thing that looks straight out of a high schooler video, the other half it's a horrible red-and-blue mess that makes me feel like I need 3d glasses just to enjoy it.

  • @mr.bilaal7036
    @mr.bilaal7036 5 лет назад

    Charleston, Illinois, on September 18, 1858, Lincoln made his position clear. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,” he began, going on to say that he opposed blacks having the right to vote, to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites

  • @Hakuu_A19
    @Hakuu_A19 7 лет назад

    Love it! Great video!

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 6 лет назад

    That was very informative!

  • @Jangofet587
    @Jangofet587 4 года назад +1

    enough with the picture frames

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 6 лет назад +1

    A Greek temple with Lincoln on a throne. Never been theelre but it's seems weird as hell.

  • @jimthompson939
    @jimthompson939 5 лет назад +1

    I think people were pissed with the Vietnam memorial too. Then they saw it.

  • @dosmastrify
    @dosmastrify 7 лет назад +1

    make Lincoln memorial great again

  • @pdthorn
    @pdthorn 7 лет назад +1

    I kept thinking this was Roman Mars

  • @braxtonbennett
    @braxtonbennett 7 лет назад +1

    Vox waxing poetic AF!

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 5 лет назад

    Seeing as Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are on Mount Rushmore, would that be the ultimate memorial for any president? Especially as I've heard some call for Reagan to be added while others call for FDR to be added (taking politics aside, as both had big impacts on their generations, I can see why they are called out)

  • @Kamesuko
    @Kamesuko 2 года назад

    Dude wasn’t even a bad guy, yet this guys managed to make it sound like he was

  • @santiagosancho2317
    @santiagosancho2317 2 года назад

    Im not from the states but I don't get what's so visionary and great about a small temple-like structure with a statue on it

  • @ruthandjoebarrett
    @ruthandjoebarrett 3 года назад +1

    Interesting topic but very very poor execution. What's with the frame??? Annoying.

  • @electronpusher604
    @electronpusher604 7 лет назад +2

    I wish it was a pyramid. That's be hella baller.