Emancipation and Freedom Monument

The Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia, is a public statue installed on September 22, 2021.

[2] The monument includes two 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statues of an emancipated man and woman with an infant.

[3] The woman is holding a piece of paper with the date January 1, 1863 which corresponds with the day U.S. president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

[4] The monument was designed by Oregon sculptor Thomas Jay Warren.

[2] Virginia senator Jennifer McClellan led the commissioning of the statue.