What Obama's columns at Invesco Field really symbolized

(Witold Rybczynski, SLATE) - The backdrop to Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field last night was widely described as a Greek temple.
Some have compared it to the Lincoln Memorial, a secular temple, before which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, whose 45th anniversary coincided with the convention. Others saw architectural allusions to the White House. Continued

Photo: Soldier Field, Library of Congress