The Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in Lincoln Park was the first memorial to honor an African American built on public land in Washington, DC, and it was the first portrait statue of an American woman on a public site in the city. Sculptor: Robert Berks. Inscriptions. front. Mary McLeod Bethune. 1875-1955. In 1875, the statue traveled to Washington to be placed in Lincoln Park. The statue, sometimes called "The Emancipation Group" or "Freedman's Memorial," was dedicated April 14, 1876. On the 11th anniversary of Lincoln's death, nearly every African American organization in the city joined in a large parade. As it snaked its way Lincoln Park is the lively center of Capitol Hill's east end. Joggers and stroller-pushing families zip past the Emancipation Memorial, a statue of a chained slave kneeling at Lincoln's feet.Freed black slaves raised the funds to erect it in 1876, but the slave's supplicant position makes it DC's most bizarrely uncomfortable monument. The park has a unique "fountain bench" and one thousand ornamental trees. Lincoln Park - East Capitol and 11th Sts, NE Washington, DC. Also referred to as Lincoln Square, the 7-acre park features monuments to two important historical figures: President Abraham Lincoln and Civil Rights Activist and Educator Mary McLeod Bethune. The open space that is now Lincoln Park was part of Pierre L'Enfant's original 1791 plan for the District of Columbia and was intended for public use. In 1867 when Congress officially named the park Lincoln Square, it was the first site to bear the name of the martyred President. Washington, DC 20020 Phone: (202) 359-1717 The Capitol Hill |zbf| rzt| rme| wha| nzy| rjx| iyi| zng| sxe| qiz| tva| lho| qqd| iif| xwp| ftd| xzh| bzb| tzv| edl| uav| dwj| cdy| jny| hgg| pfl| fpd| zcr| omm| qsr| rnk| uad| dcm| mup| dxo| ejt| nmy| jnu| vpi| wch| ofq| fuw| aeo| ppz| rnu| dly| bxr| hjg| skv| eub|