Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk in Richmond
Retrace Abraham Lincoln's steps on his visit to Richmond in April 1865,
just a few days after the city's fall to Union forces. As part of the
bicentennial year celebrating Lincoln's birth, the Valentine Richmond
History Center, the National Park Service, the American Civil War Center
at Historic Tredegar, the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, and the
Library of Virginia present a two-day program that will consider the
symbolic nature of the occasion that marked both the near-end of a
bloody armed conflict and the promise of freedom for enslaved African
Americans.
On Saturday, April 4, at the Library of Virginia, Dr. Lucas Morel, a
Lincoln scholar and professor of politics at Washington and Lee
University, will discuss the origins and implications of Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation. Morel's talk, "Lincoln, God, and
Emancipation: A Promise Fulfilled," starts at 2:00 PM.
The weekend continues with more lectures, walks, and historic images
exploring the unique combination of devastation, fear, and hope that
existed in Richmond in the spring of 1865 when, on April 4, a weary
Abraham Lincoln walked solemnly through the smoldering ruins of a fallen
city. The weekend concludes with a self-guided walk with stationed
interpretation on Sunday, April 5 along the route traveled by Abraham
Lincoln and his son Tad on their visit to Richmond following the
evacuation of Richmond by the Confederate government and its occupation
by the Union military. The walk begins at 17th and Dock streets in
Shockoe Bottom. The walk (2:00 to 5:00 PM) should take approximately 90
minutes. For a full schedule of events, visit
http://www.lincolnwalkrichmond.com/.
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Tameka B. Hobbs
Program & Education Coordinator
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
804.371.2126 - office
804.692.3814 - fax
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