Get Abraham Lincoln Statue Washington Dc Background. (evelyn hockstein for the washington post). The imposing, yet faithful lincoln statue.

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Inscribed on the south wall of the monument is. The controversial statue, situated in the city's park square, is a replica of the emancipation memorial in washington and shows lincoln with one hand raised above a kneeling man with broken shackles on his wrists. In new york city this week washington made arrangements to free slaves in his will.

The city's master designer, pierre l' enfant, could hardly have imagined a better architectural anchor to the west end of the mall, the grassy area he visualized between the capitol building and the potomac river.

The imposing, yet faithful lincoln statue. The imposing, yet faithful lincoln statue. African americans who were freed from slavery raised money to put up the statue, but they didn't have any creative input. The city's master designer, pierre l' enfant, could hardly have imagined a better architectural anchor to the west end of the mall, the grassy area he visualized between the capitol building and the potomac river.