Exhibit - Can You Walk Away? Modern Slavery in America
Sponsoring Organization
Phone: 202-829-0436
Fax: 202-829-0437
Location
Phone: 202-829-0436
As part of the year-long commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln's Cottage will open "Can You Walk Away?" President's Day weekend. This exhibit challenges perceptions of slavery in America today and inspires people to engage with the modern abolitionist movement. The exhibit illustrates that, although legal forms of slavery ended with the 13th Amendment, it is still very much alive today. Visitors will get an intimate look at modern slavery in the U.S. through firsthand accounts of survivors of human trafficking and those that work to end slavery every day.
The exhibit will be on view February 17, 2012 - August 31, 2013
Contact Information
Phone: 202-829-0436
Fax: 202-829-0437
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This tour delivers the goods. Being raised just outside of washington d.c. (Bethesda), I've gone on innumerable DC sightseeing tours in my lifetime. Every time a family friend or relative visited from out of town meant another trip down to the Mall, another sightseeing tour. Monument tours, ghost tours, "Duck" tours, you name it I've done it. But out of all the DC tours I've been on this was one of the best. I went last weekend with my nieces and nephews on the Capitol Hill tour, which lasted a little over two hours. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable of the historic sites and presented the information in a fun and lively manner. His enthusiam for the subject was infectious. He had my nieces and nephews in rapt atttention from start to finish. Highly recommend.