Abraham Lincoln overlooks Madison from a granite pedestal. As the 16th president of the United States, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves legally free within the ...

The Rev. Hodges was known for his community activism and spearheaded an effort to create a monument to abolitionist Harriet ...

The Statue of Abraham Lincoln was created by artist Daniel Chester French. There are also two large murals entitled "Unity" and "Emancipation" by artist Jules Guerin. In this temple as in the ...

Abraham Lincoln and ... for one and "Emancipation!" for the other. Though, with the usual irony of history, the mottoes betray the men. Lincoln came late—in the eyes of Frederick Douglass ...

The statue captures the moments when ... that early members of the church sent to President Abraham Lincoln in support of the Emancipation Proclamation. Those proclamations are in the Library ...

The effects of death are represented with such skill as to be absolutely repellant — and it is a question whether a statue of the ... Grant, Abraham Lincoln and Senator Charles Sumner to a ...

Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, Harriet Taubman, Babe Ruth, blue crabs and Edgar Allen Poe are some of what Maryland is known for.

Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at Main Avenue and Monroe Street. It had been a long time coming. The Lincoln ...

By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter A narrative feature exploring Abraham Lincoln’s personal life and queer legacy has landed a theatrical release. Lavender Men is set to hit select ...