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Capitol Hill Lincoln statue beheaded in new play ‘Monumental Travesties'

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Things to Do DCSeptember 12, 2023 12:17 pm

Capitol Hill Lincoln statue beheaded in new play ‘Monumental Travesties'

The Mosaic Theater Company’s production explores race and reconciliation through the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park. News4’s Jummy Olabanji spoke to the playwright.

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