Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a memorial building located on the west end of the national mall in Washington, D.C. It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed in remembrance of Abraham Lincoln.

Description
The memorial is heavily damaged but still standing. Many of its walls are blasted open, and the head on the Lincoln statue is missing. When the player first arrives at the location, it is occupied by a gang of slavers out of Paradise Falls led by Leroy Walker. The player may not approach the memorial as the slavers will shoot. According to the slavers, it is kept under guard as to prevent slaves from getting any ideas about freedom, as well as making the grounds for slavery weaker in the Capital Wasteland. One slaver even mentions that the site might even be demolished to work away at the slave society's knowledge of Lincoln.

The head is in the Temple of the Union and is returned if Head of State is completed by helping Hannibal Hamlin. After that, escaped slaves will set up a settlement in the Lincoln Memorial.

Notable loot
There is a Nuka-Cola Quantum located in the Memorial Maintenance Room on the ground floor on a metal shelf, where you meet Leroy Walker. It can be stolen with no karma loss. There are also some plain Nuka-Colas and other foods in the maintenance room and in the tents of the former slaves.

Appearances
The Lincoln Memorial appears only in Fallout 3.

Trivia

 * If you look closely at Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, inscribed in the northern wall of the memorial, the letter "F" in "Future" is slightly different than the other "F"s. This is because it was accidentally carved as an "E" originally and had to be corrected.
 * The Lincoln Memorial can be seen on channel 8: Washington, DC of the Prepare for the Future teaser site.
 * The in-game statue of Lincoln is actually much smaller than the real statue.

Bugs

 * Sometimes followers can disappear if you are going in and out of the refugee tents after you have completed the quest Head of State in favor of the slaves. For me, Charon disappeared and I chalked it up as a glitch. Later, however Dogmeat was running into the side of the tent, for no reason. Waiting didn't help, but fast traveling did.(PS3 and 360)