Emancipation Memorial
The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was sometimes referred to as the "Lincoln Memorial" before the more prominent national memorial was dedicated in 1922.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: artwork by Thomas Ball
- Also known as: “Abraham Lincoln/Emancipation Monument”, “Emancipation Group”, “Emancipation Monument”, “Freedman’s Memorial”, and “Lincoln Memorial”
- Address: Washington, DC 20002
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Park and United States Capitol.
Lincoln Park
Park
Photo: Dookas27018, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln Park, historically known as Lincoln Square, is the largest urban park located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
United States Capitol
Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 1 mile west of Emancipation Memorial.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Robert Berks, Public domain.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial is a bronze-cast statue by the American sculptor Robert Berks honoring American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Hill East.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Hill East
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
NoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
Emancipation Memorial
- Categories: sculpture, slavery memorial, monument, park, building, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88981° or 38° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-76.99025° or 76° 59′ 25″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Inception
1876Open location code
87C5V2Q5+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 294985034OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5368987
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Emancipation Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Abraham Lincoln/Emancipation Monument”
- French: “mémorial Émancipation”
- French: “Mémorial Émancipation”
- Italian: “Emancipation Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Memorial da Emancipação”
- Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo a la emancipación”
- Urdu: “غلامی سے نجات کی یادگار”
- Western Panjabi: “غلامی توں نجات دی یادگار”
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Highlights include Capitol Baptist Church and Lincoln Park United Methodist Church.
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