LINCOLN Park: Emancipation Memorial at Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. by Thomas Ball, O E Babcock (James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area)

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LINCOLN Park: Emancipation Memorial at Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. by Thomas Ball, O E Babcock (James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area)

The Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., is a bronze sculpture by Thomas Ball and O. E. Babcock, erected circa 1876. Funded by emancipated citizens, it honors Abraham Lincoln and the emancipation of enslaved people following the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Located in the Capitol Hill area near Eastern Market Metro, it is a significant historical monument commemorating freedom and civil rights.