BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Capitol Hill -- Lincoln Park

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LINCPK_060429_02.JPG: "And upon this Act sincerely believed to be an Act of justice Warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity I invoke the considerate judgement of mankind and the gracious favor of almighty god A. Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Jany. 1. 1853 Western Sanitary Commission James E. Yeatman President C.S. Greeley Treas: Geo. Partridge, Dr. J.B. Johnson, Wm C. Eliot."
2. LINCPK_060429_22.JPG: "Freedom's Memorial In grateful memory of Abraham Lincoln This monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis, Mo; with funds contributed solely by emancipated citizens of the United States declared free by his proclamation January 1st A.D. 1863. The first contribution of five dollars was made by Charlotte Scott a freed woman of Virginia being her first earnings in freedom and consecrated by her suggestion and request on the day she heard of President Lincoln's death to build a monument to his memory."
3. LINCPK_060429_30.JPG: Mary McLeod Bethune statue
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Wikipedia Description: Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)
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Lincoln Park is the largest urban park located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was known historically as Lincoln Square. From 1862 to 1865, it was the site of the largest hospital in Washington, DC: Lincoln Hospital.

Location

Situated one mile directly east of the United States Capitol, Lincoln Park is maintained by the National Park Service. The park is bounded by 11th Street NE and SE on the west, 13th Street NE and SE on the east, East Capitol Street NE on the North, and East Capitol Street SE on the south. It is four blocks northeast of Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.

The eastern end of the park includes two separate, enclosed play areas for young children. The grassy perimeter and central turf area are popular with neighborhood dogs and their owners.

History

Pierre Charles L'Enfant included the park in his original 1791 plan for the District of Columbia, intending it for public use (see: L'Enfant Plan). Though it was originally planned as the point from which all distances in North America would be measured, it was not ultimately utilized for this purpose. Instead, the park was used as a dumping ground.

During the Civil War, it became the site where Lincoln Hospital was built to take care of the wounded Union Army soldiers. While there were many others around the city, it was the largest in the area built by the Army. It included 20 pavilions arranged in a V formation. 25 tent wards provided beds for 2,575 wounded. Covered pathways connected the kitchen and dining rooms.

The other buildings on site were:

* the headquarters (marked by the flag)
* the officers quarters
* the quarters for the Sisters providing the nursing care
* the barracks
* a guard house
* separate quarters for contraband
* service facilities: a water tank, laundry, barber shop, carpenter shop, stables and a morgue ("Dead House").

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