A poignant statue depicting a seated President Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation will be formally unveiled in the nation’s capital on Monday, September 22, outside the African American Civil War Museum as that museum prepares to reopen later this fall after a multi-year rebuilding and expansion project.
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia has been asked to coordinate plans for the September 22 event and for a bigger celebration when the 16,000-square-foot museum formally opens on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11. Other organizations, including the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a group of descendants of federal Civil War soldiers, are already pitching in, and more organizations are expected to join the effort.
