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Description of Pictures: This was an interesting example of two competing events in the same place. The event I came to attend was this one:
Join the Rally and Teach-In for Lincoln Park
In a demonstration of solidarity and recognition of the history of Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. members of the local, regional and national historic organizations and Douglassonian communities are called to assemble.
The history of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln will be shared as well as stories of the friendship of Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Keckley, excerpts of Frederick Douglass 1876 speech, and the friendship of Frederick Douglass and Robert Todd Lincoln.
Nathan Richardson will present his internationally known reenactment of Honorable Frederick Douglass with excerpts from select speeches, including the remarks of Frederick Douglass on President Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Douglass will hold a post-performance discussion.
Members of FREED, "Female Re-Enactors of Distinction," affiliated with the African-American Civil War Museum will present, including Marcia Cole portraying Charlotte Scott, who made the first donation towards the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park.
A friend to Congressman John Lewis, Washingtonian Dan Smith, whose father was born enslaved in 1863, will share some reflections and thoughts on history and the monument.
Howard University Professor Carolivia Herron, an indigenous Washingtonian and internationally known scholar, will offer historic and contextual remarks.
Support commentary will be presented by John O'Brien, President of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia, and several others.
Local student-Douglassonians will be serving as history ambassadors.
Invitations to attend have been extended to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC Mayor Muriel Bower, Douglassonians members of the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives and several other public ...More...
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LINCP1_200626_034.JPG: Every knee shall bow
We must learn to bow to each other, not to demean one self, but to honor the spirit of life that we all share.
LINCP1_200626_037.JPG: "The first contribution of five dollars was made by Charlotte Scott, a freedwoman of Virginia being 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."
-- The Plaque on the Statue
LINCP1_200626_042.JPG: "This monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of St. Louis MO with funds contributed solely by emancipated citizens of the United States declared free by his proclamation January 1 AD 1863"
LINCP1_200626_064.JPG: Derrick Ward, NBC 4
LINCP1_200626_075.JPG: John O'Brien, President of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
LINCP1_200626_089.JPG: Note the guy on the right.
LINCP1_200626_097.JPG: My name is Randy, I'm a medical student at George Washington University. I'm raising $500K for a mobile health education and Covid-19 testing unit for Wards 7 and 8 (SE DC).
If you would like to chat or learn more, feel free to email me at rsr292@gmail.com . I live just down the street.
www.grapevinehealth.co
LINCP1_200626_104.JPG: Randy
LINCP1_200626_177.JPG: Nathan Richardson as Hon. Frederick Douglass
LINCP1_200626_283.JPG: The fully-covered guy who kept going around the fences trying to figure out where to scale them.
LINCP1_200626_299.JPG: John Muller, author, Frederick Douglass in Washington DC: The Lion of Anacostia
LINCP1_200626_317.JPG: Hon. Carolivia Herron, Washingtonian & Howard University Professor
LINCP1_200626_417.JPG: Steven Weitzman, the sculptor who did the statue of Marion Barry outside of City Hall
LINCP1_200626_426.JPG: Marcus Goodwin, real estate developer
LINCP1_200626_437.JPG: De-construct the Police Industrial Complex
LINCP1_200626_518.JPG: BLM Saves Lives, Not Statues
LINCP1_200626_520.JPG: Naked mole rat says:
Don't be a racist!
Random All-Summer Fireworks say:
Diversity makes our neighborhood Awesome!
LINCP1_200626_644.JPG: Don Folden, a shameless self-promoter for his group DCBlackTours.com
LINCP2_200626_084.JPG: BLM protesters gathered at the Freedman's Memorial statue in Lincoln Park on June 26, 2020. Factions varied. One group said the memorial, whose funding was entirely done through donations from former slaves in the 1870s, should be preserved as is. Another said the statue is demeaning to blacks and should be redesigned or moved into a museum. The shouting group didn't care about any of this, was tired of people talking about this for a whole week (who has that sort of time?!) and demanded that "this mother-f-- should be torn down now!"
While reason prevailed that day, the lynch mob component said they'd be back until it was torn down. They had decided that the dreams of the freed slaves back then were totally inappropriate and irrelevant for today.
They reminded me of stories you hear of the child president's meetings with staff. The adults in the room try to take a reasoned, slower approach whereas the child is "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead," relying on his gut. We can end up disappointed after following the adults, but we often end up embarrassed, irrecoverable, and isolated following the child.
LINCP2_200626_190.JPG: Cedric Turner, actor and musician mostly known for performing with Dave Chappelle
LINCP2_200626_295.JPG: Trump is a Bunker Bitch
LINCP2_200626_389.JPG: Jack Posobiec, right-wing conspiracy nut.
LINCP2_200626_394.JPG: Cops forced this guy off the chair.
LINCP2_200626_451.JPG: People heard a siren and ran off to see if something exciting was happening.
LINCP2_200626_471.JPG: Free Dinner
Made from Black-owned restaurants
Made for you with love
LINCP2_200626_575.JPG: Let It Stand
Let It Expand
Lincoln Park Emancipation Memorial
I took my first steps in Lincoln Park 73 years ago!
The first step is a call
It's the down-beat.
Don't eliminate it,
respond t oit
with the up-beat!
It's our Epic SOng!
Carolivia Herron
LINCP2_200626_583.JPG: Members of FREED (Female Re-Enactors of Distinction), Allies to Preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington & African-American Civil War Museum
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Wikipedia Description: Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11 and then the BLM protests started followed by the child president trying to steal the election in November. Trump's handling of the pandemic has been a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and increasing the deaths here. As the chant goes -- Hey, hey, POTUS-A; how many folks did you kill today?
Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.