Lincoln-Thomas Day 2020

Description

“Thenceforward, and forever free…”

The Military Road School Preservation Trust and the National Park Service invite you to view Lincoln-Thomas Day. The historic event commemorates President Abraham Lincoln’s issuing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, and honors Elizabeth Proctor Thomas, the African American woman who owned the property where Fort Stevens was constructed during the American Civil War.

These two disparate individuals were folk heroes to the National Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs of America who designated Lincoln-Thomas Day a national day of remembrance on September 22, 1924. The commemoration was revived 7 years ago by alumni and friends of the Military Road School, founded in 1864 at a military barracks south of Fort Stevens.

The special program premiered on the Civil War Defenses of Washington (CWDW) Facebook page at 12 noon on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Enjoy Lincoln-Thomas Day on the CWDW website.

Duration

35 minutes, 38 seconds

Credit

NPS/ L. Macklin

Date Created

09/30/2020

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