Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is a national park located in Capitol Hill that features monuments of the nation's most powerful leaders. President Lincoln and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune both have monuments that represent a time period when slavery was legal and finally abolished. The Lincoln memorial statue features him holding the Emancipation Proclamation before a kneeling black man. Across the park, Mrs. Bethune statue features her handing a copy of her legacy to two young black children. Both of these statues symbolize the sacrifices that Lincoln and Mrs. Bethune made to uplift African Americans.