12 February 1914 February 11, 2014 Author: Staff The first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 26 February 1914 27 February 1594 11 February 1531 3 August 1914 15 August 1914 30 August 1914 16 August 1914 Categories: History Tags: 12 February 1914