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LINCOLN Park: Emancipation Memorial at Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. by Thomas Ball, O E Babcock
Bronze by Thomas Ball (Sculptor), O E Babcock (Architect)
Address: East Capitol & 12th Sts NE Nearest Metro: Eastern Market (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76004862 (dcMem ID #222)
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"And upon this act sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the constitutionupon military necessity I invoke the considerate judgement of mankind and the gracious favor of almightyGod." A. Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Jany.1.1863Western Sanitary Commission James E. Yeatman President. C.S. Creeley Treas: Ceo. Partridge. Dr. J.B. Johnson Wm. C. Eliot.
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FREEDOM'S MEMORIAL In grateful memory of ABRAHAM LINCOLNThis monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis Mo: With funds contributed solelyby emancipated citizens of the United States declared free by his proclamation January 1st A.D. 1863. The first contribution of five dollars was made by Charlotte Scott. A freedwoman of Virginia being her first earnings in freedom and consecrated by her suggestion and requeston the day she heard of President Lincoln's death to build a monument to his memory
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Notice the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in the foreground
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