Emancipation at 150

President Lincoln's Cottage is a non-profit historic site located on the historic grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Northwest Washington, DC. President Lincoln’s Cottage opened to the public in 2008, providing Americans with unparalleled insight into the Emancipation Proclamation, which Lincoln developed while living there, as well as his visionary leadership and big ideas. The site is a National Monument, National Historic Landmark, and part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Cottage’s mission is to engage the public in an exploration of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership and ideas, and preserve President Lincoln’s Cottage to nurture reflection and discourse on liberty, justice and equality. For more information, please visit: www.lincolncottage.org. *** President Lincoln's Cottage produced this publication in collaboration with the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The United States Commission on Civil Rights was established as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency by the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Commission investigates allegations relating to deprivations because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age or national origin; or resulting from any pattern or practice of fraud regarding the right of United States citizens to vote or to have votes counted. The Commission also studies and makes appraisals of alleged deprivations of voting rights and alleged discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice. Further, the Commission serves as a national clearinghouse for information relating to such discrimination or denials of equal protection, and prepares public service announcements or advertising campaigns to discourage such discrimination or denials of equal protection.