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.
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- …lies at an elevation of 89 feet (27 metres)
- …dates from 1876
- Description: artwork by Thomas Ball
- Address: Washington, DC 20002
- Also known as“Abraham Lincoln/Emancipation Monument”“Emancipation Group”“Emancipation Monument”“Freedman’s Memorial”“Lincoln Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Park and United States Capitol.
United States Capitol
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Hill East.
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Emancipation Memorial
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Latitude
38.88981° or 38° 53′ 23″ north
Longitude
-76.99025° or 76° 59′ 25″ west
Open location code
87C5V2Q5+WW
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Emancipation Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب التحرير التذكاري”
- Cebuano: “Abraham Lincoln/Emancipation Monument”
- 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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capitol Baptist Church and Lincoln Park United Methodist Church.
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