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Indiana state and national parks honor Abe Lincoln, educate visitors
Just in case Abraham Lincoln ever wishes to give an encore performance of that famous speech he delivered in 1863 at ...
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Mural celebrating anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Lost Speech unveiled in downtown Bloomington
A mural celebrating 169 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost speech" in Bloomington was unveiled Thursday ...
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‘Faces of Freedom’ Opens June 7 at Lincoln Depot Museum
Lincoln Depot Museum In March of 1863, amidst the American Civil War, Frederick Douglass announced, “The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate […] ...
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Lincoln's 'Lost Speech' memorialized with mural in downtown Bloomington
"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...
The People Who Clean the Ears of Lincoln (And Other Statues)
A collection of images of the varied workers and techniques used to maintain some of the world’s largest and most prominent ...
The Conversation12mon
What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its history − an art historian explains
Virginia Raguin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
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Democrats demand removal of Lincoln Emancipation Memorial in DC
House Democrats proposed legislation Wednesday to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park in Washington ... legislation to remove the statue Wednesday – the first day of Black ...
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Weeks after removing Robert E. Lee statue, Richmond unveils new Emancipation and Freedom Monument
The two 12 foot bronze statues depict a man ... 1863 — the date that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The monument depicts the man, with whipping scars visible ...
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Emancipation and Freedom Monument unveiled on Brown's Island in Richmond
The two twelve-foot bronze statues depict a man ... That is the date President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The man, who has whipping scars visible on his back, can ...
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Abraham Lincoln statue returns to street corner in Wilkinsburg
The new Lincoln statue weighs 400 pounds and stands 6-foot ... In his left hand is a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The document is identifiable by the imitation of Lincoln’s handwriting ...
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Lincoln museum to show rare Emancipation Proclamation for Juneteenth
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January ... Abraham Lincoln presidential library and museum statues. (Credit: Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom) As theGrio ...
The Gazette4y
Rethinking Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation
It comes at a time when a statue of Lincoln proclaiming the Emancipation Proclamation and helping a newly freed African slave rise to his feet is being removed from public view in Boston ...