Oct  11 To Keep His Memory Free
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 11/10/2016

Betty Cade presents today's Natchez History Minute about the  Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D. C., a monument to Abraham LIncoln that was funded solely from contributions from Freedmen. Members of various U. S. Colored Troops in the Natchez District contributed heavily to the fundraising campaign. As one company colonel noted, "they feel deeply the debt of gratitude they owe is large."