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'Washington Sculpture'
by James M. Goode

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Peace Meeting Plaque at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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The success of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party in the national elections of 1860 led to a flurry of political activity. In much of the South elections were held to select delegates to special conventions empowered to consider secession from the Union. In Congress, efforts were made in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to reach compromise over the issues relating to slavery that were dividing the nation. The Washington Peace Conference of 1861 was the final effort by the individual states to resolve the crisis. With the seven states of the Cotton South already committed to secession, the emphasis for peacefully preserving the Union focused on the eight slaveholding states representing the Upper and Border South, with the states of Virginia and Kentucky playing key roles. Source: Wikipedia



THE PEACE CONVENTION
The Old Willard Hotel was the scene of the last major effort to restore the Union & prevent the Civil War.At Virginia's invitation, delegates from twenty-one of the then thirty-four states met in secret session from February 4 to 27, 1861 in a vain attempt to solve the differences between the North and the South.To honor those who worked for peace and unity this memorial is erected by the Virginia Civil War Commission February 1961


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Location: Pennsylvania Ave & 15th St NW Washington, D.C.

Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all pieces nearby) (dcMem ID #692 )

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Proposals of the Washington Peace Conference
Wikipedia article on the Peace Conference
Wikipedia article on the Willard

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