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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park

The Emancipation Memorial, in Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill, was designed by Thomas Ball and erected in 1876 as a monument to Abraham Lincoln. (It wasn't the first memorial to Lincoln in D.C.; that one is discussed here: Old DC City Hall and Courthouse). It was supposedly paid for entirely by contributions from freed slaves, but since the beginning it has been controversial. An interesting article about it is at The Washington City Paper
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