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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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

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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 East Capitol Street SE 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
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Latitude

38.88981° or 38° 53′ 23″ north

Longitude

-76.99025° or 76° 59′ 25″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Inception

1876

Open location code

87C5V2Q5+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 294985034

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q5368987

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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”
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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