National Park Service recreates Lincoln statue ceremony for Emancipation Day

about 6 years in Washington Times

For the first time since 1876, Union muskets were loaded and Frederick Douglass took center stage on Capitol Hill. The National Park Service on Monday staged a recreation of the unveiling of the Emancipation statue at Lincoln Park as part of the District's annual celebration of Emancipation Day. Park Service ...

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