LINCOLN Park: Emancipation Memorial (ca. 1876) at Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. by Thomas Ball, O E Babcock located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area

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The Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., created around 1876 by Thomas Ball and O. E. Babcock, honors President Abraham Lincoln and the emancipation of enslaved people. Funded entirely by freed slaves, the monument features Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation and a freed slave modeled after Archer Alexander. Located in the Capitol Hill area, it is a significant historical and artistic tribute to the Civil War and American history.