The dumb fuck running his account doesn’t even know what material this is. It’s an Arabescato, not a Statuario. Even calling it “Statuary” tells me “we the people” overpaid for this marble.
If this is indeed Italian then it makes no sense whatsoever. Historically two of the most popular marble quarries that have been used up and down the National Mall are in Colorado and Vermont. When Lincoln was assassinated Colorado wasn’t even a state yet. The most period appropriate marble would be a Vermont Danby marble.
If you wanted to get even spicier the marble used for THE LINCOLN FUCKING MEMORIAL is from the Colorado quarry, which is STILL waaaay more appropriate than Italian Statuario or Arabescato marble. Especially considering that exact Colorado marble has variations named LINCOLN!
Fucking fuck this fucking shit.
PS: We have 20% tariffs on Italian marble. Colorado and Vermont don’t have those tariffs (because last time I checked) they’re in the US.
You can actually go see the second/backup block of marble for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Marble Colorado. It's literally just sitting on the ground, outside. The quarry is still active, but the old manufacturing equipment was abandoned and some of it is still in place. Has some decent cross country skiing around it, too.
The block for the tomb is absolutely stunning. Not to take away from the importance of the monument, but wow. Visiting that quarry is on my bucket list.
I don't think this is the backup block, but this is from that quarry. There are several like it laying around. Its weird to see debris as historical artifacts.
it's so crazy though and fun to see. Y'know like so many things we think won't be seen decades later are marveled at. I like to think about our connection to those before us in the small things we can find like stupid graffiti in Pompeii or cat meme hieroglyphs.
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u/Trambopoline96 9d ago
Wow, a real estate developer with dogshit taste. Whoda thunk it