Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.
4/14/1876 (photograph unknown date)
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The Emancipation Memorial (also known as the Freedman's Memorial, Freedom's Memorial, or the Emancipation Group) was created by sculptor Thomas Ball. The focus is on Abraham Lincoln as the Great Emancipator as it features the 16th President standing while a formerly enslaved freedman begins to rise. Located in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC, the statue was paid for entirely by the donations of former enslaved people. It was dedicated 11 years after Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1876, in an event that featured a speech from orator Frederick Douglass.
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952.
National Archives Identifier: 93961955
Full Citation: Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.; 4/14/1876 (photograph unknown date); J.M. Moon Collection of Lincolniana; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/emancipation-memorial-in-washington-dc-closeup, March 27, 2025]Activities that use this document
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