Emancipation Monument
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Emancipation Monument is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Booth's Escape passes 3.0 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group, is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was sometimes referred to as the "Lincoln Memorial" before the more prominent national memorial was dedicated in 1922. Designed and sculpted by Thomas Ball and erected in 1876, the monument depicts Abraham Lincoln holding a copy of his Emancipation Proclamation freeing an enslaved African American man modeled on Archer Alexander. The slave is depicted on one knee, about to stand up, with one fist clenched, shirtless, with broken shackles at the president's feet. The wages of former slaves funded the Emancipation Memorial statue. The statue initially faced west towards the United States Capitol until it was rotated east in 1974 to face the newly erected Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial. The statue is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1876.
Wikidata Q5368987, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1876
- Elevation
- 27 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 3.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Park: 0.0 mi
- 8th & Massachusetts Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- 13th Street Community Park & Garden: 0.3 mi
- Turtle Park: 0.4 mi
- Kingsman Field: 0.4 mi
- Mary McLeod Bethune Statue: 0.1 mi
- Grubb's Pharmacy: 0.6 mi
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial: 0.7 mi
- On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 0.8 mi
- Arsenal Monument: 0.8 mi
- Lovejoy Garden: 0.4 mi
- Hilton Garden: 0.5 mi
- Wylie Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- East Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 0.7 mi
- National Postal Museum: 1.1 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 1.2 mi
- National Guard Memorial Museum: 1.2 mi
- Tom Lantos: 0.8 mi
- Joseph Gilbert Totten: 0.8 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 0.8 mi
- William H. Emory: 0.8 mi
- Joseph Nicollet: 0.8 mi
- Alger Park: 2.2 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 2.5 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.6 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 4.2 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.9 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 1.5 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hickey Hill: 2.4 mi
- Round Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.9 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 24.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Indian Head: 22.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.6 mi
- Great Falls: 16.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.1 mi
- Wilson: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Emancipation Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 281° | 156 m | 13.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 320° | 156 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 273° | 144 m | 10.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 276° | 140 m | 9.1 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 13.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 267° | 137 m | 10.9 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 263° | 125 m | 8.5 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 313° | 123 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/294985034
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 0 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./National Mall · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 2 mi
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