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Views of the Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument that sculptor Thomas Jay Warren has proposed for Brown’s Island.

Views of the Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument that sculptor Thomas Jay Warren has proposed for Brown’s Island.

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Tentative design, sculptor chosen for Emancipation Monument

Plans for a Richmond monument that pays tribute to the Emancipation Proclamation and enslaved Africans are moving forward three years after it was first proposed, according to a state commission that is spearheading the effort. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission has tentatively selected the sculptor and a potential design for the Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument.