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Emancipation Park

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Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Phone:
+1 876-926-6312

Hours:
Sunday5am - 12am
Monday5am - 11pm
Tuesday5am - 11pm
Wednesday5am - 11pm
Thursday5am - 11pm
Friday5am - 12am
Saturday5am - 12am


Emancipation Park is a public park in Kingston, Jamaica. The park is in New Kingston, opened on 31 July 2002, the day before Emancipation Day. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's address to open the park he acknowledged that the park is a commemoration of the end of slavery. The six-acre park includes fountains and public art. The park is known for the large scuplutre Redemption Song at the park's main entrance. Redemption Song, which takes its name from Bob Marley's song of the same name, is an 11 ft. high bronze sculpture by Jamaican artist Laura Facey. The sculpture features a male and female figure gazing to the skies – symbolic of their triumphant rise from the horrors of slavery. The statue was unveiled in July 2003, in time for the park's first anniversary.
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