They will gloat if they get us all to watch this statue while these undereducated vandals go after something else. I doubt most drones will think of that but am sure they are all being led by more sinister elements that do the thinking for this generation.TD
BPR Black Lives Matter extremists in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area are reportedly intent on tearing down a statue that was paid for by freed slaves.
"Known as the Emancipation Memorial or as Freedman’s Memorial, the statue depicting former President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave has sat in Lincoln Park since 1876.
"More notably, the monument was paid for almost entirely by freed slaves.
"“The bronze statue, designed by sculptor Thomas Ball, was built almost entirely with funds donated by former slaves and dedicated in 1876,” D.C.’s official tourism site, Washington.org, notes.
" 'The statue was unveiled on the 11th anniversary of Lincoln’s death, with Frederick Douglass delivering the keynote address to President Ulysses S. Grant and more than 25,000 people in attendance.”
"One hundred forty-four years later, extremists with BLM are planning to try and tear down the monument this upcoming Thursday, according to reports (*Language warning):" . . .
Man In BLM Mask Declares They’re Destroying Slave-Bought Lincoln Emancipation Memorial: ‘We Tearing This Motherf****r Down!’
" The man later said, “Thursday at 7 PM, we tearing this motherf****r down!' ” . . .
Maleducated generation.
The Story Behind A Statue
"On April 14, 1876, the 11th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a handsome bronze statue called "Freedmen's Memorial" was unveiled in Washington. The piece contained two figures: Lincoln and a newly freed slave, just rising from his knees and grasping a broken chain. This statue, which still stands in Lincoln Park, was erected with contributions from hundreds of former slaves who wanted to pay tribute to the man who had proclaimed their freedom in 1863. But the statue also pays tribute to an unlikely pair of St. Louisans who helped give it life. The model for the freedman was Archer Alexander, a Virginia-born slave who found refuge in St. Louis during the Civil War. " . . .
Just after Lincoln's death, the commission had received an intriguing request from a former slave, who sent the commission $5 -- her first earnings as a free woman -- to help build a monument to Lincoln, "the best friend the colored people ever had." The commission began a fund-raising campaign and invited former slaves to contribute. Soon it had amassed $16,242 -- a huge sum, but not enough for the monument proposed. A disappointed commission banked the money and waited. Then in 1869, Eliot visited the studio of sculptor Thomas Ball, where he saw a plaster model for a statue of Lincoln and a kneeling slave. Ball was willing to reproduce it in bronze, at cost. The commission asked Ball to make two changes in the statue. First, the former slave should not appear passive, but an eager participant in his own liberation. Ball obliged and gave him a broken shackle. And instead of an idealized figure, the commission wanted to represent a real freedman: Eliot gave Ball photos of his employee Archer Alexander. Eliot had known Alexander for more than a dozen years by the time the statue was dedicated. In 1885, Eliot would publish a moving biography, "The Story of Archer Alexander," in which he wrote, "I never knew a man, white or black, more thoroughly Christian ... in all conduct and demeanor." Yet the book did more than describe one man's life. By telling Alexander's story, Eliot wished to expose the horrors of slavery. " . . . Full article here. Visit our home page here.
BPR Black Lives Matter extremists in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area are reportedly intent on tearing down a statue that was paid for by freed slaves.
"Known as the Emancipation Memorial or as Freedman’s Memorial, the statue depicting former President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave has sat in Lincoln Park since 1876.
"More notably, the monument was paid for almost entirely by freed slaves.
"“The bronze statue, designed by sculptor Thomas Ball, was built almost entirely with funds donated by former slaves and dedicated in 1876,” D.C.’s official tourism site, Washington.org, notes.
" 'The statue was unveiled on the 11th anniversary of Lincoln’s death, with Frederick Douglass delivering the keynote address to President Ulysses S. Grant and more than 25,000 people in attendance.”
"One hundred forty-four years later, extremists with BLM are planning to try and tear down the monument this upcoming Thursday, according to reports (*Language warning):" . . .
Man In BLM Mask Declares They’re Destroying Slave-Bought Lincoln Emancipation Memorial: ‘We Tearing This Motherf****r Down!’" The man later said, “Thursday at 7 PM, we tearing this motherf****r down!' ” . . .
Maleducated generation.
The Story Behind A Statue
"On April 14, 1876, the 11th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a handsome bronze statue called "Freedmen's Memorial" was unveiled in Washington. The piece contained two figures: Lincoln and a newly freed slave, just rising from his knees and grasping a broken chain. This statue, which still stands in Lincoln Park, was erected with contributions from hundreds of former slaves who wanted to pay tribute to the man who had proclaimed their freedom in 1863. But the statue also pays tribute to an unlikely pair of St. Louisans who helped give it life. The model for the freedman was Archer Alexander, a Virginia-born slave who found refuge in St. Louis during the Civil War. " . . .
Just after Lincoln's death, the commission had received an intriguing request from a former slave, who sent the commission $5 -- her first earnings as a free woman -- to help build a monument to Lincoln, "the best friend the colored people ever had." The commission began a fund-raising campaign and invited former slaves to contribute. Soon it had amassed $16,242 -- a huge sum, but not enough for the monument proposed. A disappointed commission banked the money and waited. Then in 1869, Eliot visited the studio of sculptor Thomas Ball, where he saw a plaster model for a statue of Lincoln and a kneeling slave. Ball was willing to reproduce it in bronze, at cost. The commission asked Ball to make two changes in the statue. First, the former slave should not appear passive, but an eager participant in his own liberation. Ball obliged and gave him a broken shackle. And instead of an idealized figure, the commission wanted to represent a real freedman: Eliot gave Ball photos of his employee Archer Alexander. Eliot had known Alexander for more than a dozen years by the time the statue was dedicated. In 1885, Eliot would publish a moving biography, "The Story of Archer Alexander," in which he wrote, "I never knew a man, white or black, more thoroughly Christian ... in all conduct and demeanor." Yet the book did more than describe one man's life. By telling Alexander's story, Eliot wished to expose the horrors of slavery. " . . . Full article here. Visit our home page here.
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