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What makes the Lincoln Memorial so powerful is that it doesn't try to do too much. In effect, it says that he saved the Union.

And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.

This monument is going to be built as a symbol.

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America's power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say 'this is one nation under God.'

Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don't think so.

I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century.

'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.